Hi all,
I set up this current tank 4 months ago as a replacement to my Fluval Roma 125 high tech planted tank. I have always struggled a bit with algae, however I have never experienced problems before like I am experiencing now! I am growing every type of algae imaginable including green spot, green dust, stag horn, black beard and diatoms. I know I am having algae problems because my plants aren’t growing, but for the life of me I can’t get the plants to grow. Please help!
Tank: Aqua One OakStyle Urban 230 (245 litres)
Lighting: Nicrew SkyLed Plus + the Fluval Plant 3.0 lights from my old tank at 20% (I only turned the Plant lights on 2 days ago and plant to slowly increase them over the next week or two)
Substrate: sand with plenty of root tabs
Filtration: Fluval 306 external canister (I also have a powerhead to create more flow and push the CO2 bubbles around)
CO2: Injected
Fertilisation: EI dosing with dry ferts purchased from Plant Food U.K. which I make up to their recipe
Water Parameters:
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate between 10 and 25 ppm
PH 6.5
KH 4dH
GH 8dH
Stocking: moderate (1x Angelfish, 7x Dwarf neon Rainbowfish, 2x Harlequin Rasbora, 1x Oto, 1x Cory, 1x Bristlenose Pleco)
Planting: various crypts, Echinodorus, corkscrew Vals, Hygrophila polysperma, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Amazon frog bit, salvinia, and a few more.
Things I have noticed:
-The floating plants and some of the fast growing plants develop holes in their leaves
-Only the plants are affected by diatoms, and it’s mainly the fast growing plants
I am obviously doing something very wrong but I just don’t know what.
I set up this current tank 4 months ago as a replacement to my Fluval Roma 125 high tech planted tank. I have always struggled a bit with algae, however I have never experienced problems before like I am experiencing now! I am growing every type of algae imaginable including green spot, green dust, stag horn, black beard and diatoms. I know I am having algae problems because my plants aren’t growing, but for the life of me I can’t get the plants to grow. Please help!
Tank: Aqua One OakStyle Urban 230 (245 litres)
Lighting: Nicrew SkyLed Plus + the Fluval Plant 3.0 lights from my old tank at 20% (I only turned the Plant lights on 2 days ago and plant to slowly increase them over the next week or two)
Substrate: sand with plenty of root tabs
Filtration: Fluval 306 external canister (I also have a powerhead to create more flow and push the CO2 bubbles around)
CO2: Injected
Fertilisation: EI dosing with dry ferts purchased from Plant Food U.K. which I make up to their recipe
Water Parameters:
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate between 10 and 25 ppm
PH 6.5
KH 4dH
GH 8dH
Stocking: moderate (1x Angelfish, 7x Dwarf neon Rainbowfish, 2x Harlequin Rasbora, 1x Oto, 1x Cory, 1x Bristlenose Pleco)
Planting: various crypts, Echinodorus, corkscrew Vals, Hygrophila polysperma, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Amazon frog bit, salvinia, and a few more.
Things I have noticed:
-The floating plants and some of the fast growing plants develop holes in their leaves
-Only the plants are affected by diatoms, and it’s mainly the fast growing plants
I am obviously doing something very wrong but I just don’t know what.