Dougie
Member
Hi,
I am posting here as a last resort to my issues with ongoing green hair algae.
I have a 30 gallon tank,
fluval LED 25W
Chinese LED off ebay, 25W
EI (mix as per recipe on here) 50ml per day interchanging between macro & micro
C02, pressurised, jbl bubble counter, co2art inline diffuser, on 3 hours before lights on, bright green drop checker at lights on
lights on at 4pm, off at 10pm
filtration is an eheim ecco pro 300, APS 2000lph, and 2 APS WM-2000 for circulation, everything is swirling nicely
I have a full carpet of dwarf hair grass, java moss on all my driftwood, some stem plants at the back to extract excess nutrients.
Also dose liquid co2 at 10ml per day.
GH 4, KH 4, PH 7.9 morning, 6.8 at end of photoperiod. nitrate not so sure... could be a culprit?
My issue is with my moss, I keep getting green hair algae, in abundance, I even went to the extreme the last time of replacing all the moss, only for the problem to return, I have changed to RO to mix my ferts, cleaned all my filter, etc etc.
I recently got rid of it by overdosing liquid co2 but it has now returned and it seems to have developed a resistance to the liquid co2 as it now is not subsiding with overdosing! it is clearly an underlying issue I have with something.
I also do a 50% water change once a week.
I am at my wits end with it and I cannot seem to underpin any issue as to where this is coming from?
Please any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I am posting here as a last resort to my issues with ongoing green hair algae.
I have a 30 gallon tank,
fluval LED 25W
Chinese LED off ebay, 25W
EI (mix as per recipe on here) 50ml per day interchanging between macro & micro
C02, pressurised, jbl bubble counter, co2art inline diffuser, on 3 hours before lights on, bright green drop checker at lights on
lights on at 4pm, off at 10pm
filtration is an eheim ecco pro 300, APS 2000lph, and 2 APS WM-2000 for circulation, everything is swirling nicely
I have a full carpet of dwarf hair grass, java moss on all my driftwood, some stem plants at the back to extract excess nutrients.
Also dose liquid co2 at 10ml per day.
GH 4, KH 4, PH 7.9 morning, 6.8 at end of photoperiod. nitrate not so sure... could be a culprit?
My issue is with my moss, I keep getting green hair algae, in abundance, I even went to the extreme the last time of replacing all the moss, only for the problem to return, I have changed to RO to mix my ferts, cleaned all my filter, etc etc.
I recently got rid of it by overdosing liquid co2 but it has now returned and it seems to have developed a resistance to the liquid co2 as it now is not subsiding with overdosing! it is clearly an underlying issue I have with something.
I also do a 50% water change once a week.
I am at my wits end with it and I cannot seem to underpin any issue as to where this is coming from?
Please any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!