Downhillmonkey
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- 6 Jan 2015
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Hi all, first post although I've been a long term stalker of the forum.
I'm having ongoing issues with my 200l tank, which I can't seem to find a solution to.
All of my plants struggle. They are often yellow, limited growth and break up often. I suffer with bba and recently hair algar, which I'm currently trying to battle via algexit after several failed attempts with liquid carbon and bleach scrubbing. The bba generally forms on the leaves, but algexit has improved this. I trim the leaves but they're getting very bare as a result.
I dose ei via two automatic diy dosing pumps via the recommended schedule (dosing 40ml and confirmed accurate) I pump fe co2 and have a steady lime green drop tester, comes on 1 hour before lights on, off an hour before lights off. I use a beamswork 66 x 0.5 watt led unit, which runs 8 hours a day. My substrate is sand, with root tabs added every three months. I also run a wavemaker, which provides a good flow around the tank. I change 40% water weekly.
I have hard water, which I'm slowly bring down with ro water and high phosphates in my tap water. I reduce my ei phosphate dose slightly to accommodate.
I'm now lost, where am I going wrong. Is it insufficient light?
I'd appreciate some help as I'm struggling to find the problem.
Posted on another forum with limited advice.
I'm having ongoing issues with my 200l tank, which I can't seem to find a solution to.
All of my plants struggle. They are often yellow, limited growth and break up often. I suffer with bba and recently hair algar, which I'm currently trying to battle via algexit after several failed attempts with liquid carbon and bleach scrubbing. The bba generally forms on the leaves, but algexit has improved this. I trim the leaves but they're getting very bare as a result.
I dose ei via two automatic diy dosing pumps via the recommended schedule (dosing 40ml and confirmed accurate) I pump fe co2 and have a steady lime green drop tester, comes on 1 hour before lights on, off an hour before lights off. I use a beamswork 66 x 0.5 watt led unit, which runs 8 hours a day. My substrate is sand, with root tabs added every three months. I also run a wavemaker, which provides a good flow around the tank. I change 40% water weekly.
I have hard water, which I'm slowly bring down with ro water and high phosphates in my tap water. I reduce my ei phosphate dose slightly to accommodate.
I'm now lost, where am I going wrong. Is it insufficient light?
I'd appreciate some help as I'm struggling to find the problem.
Posted on another forum with limited advice.