Hello,
I have recently planted a low tech tank with Echinodorus, Crypts, Ferns and other low maintenance plants. Because I used ADA Amazonia as my substrate, for the first two weeks I carried out daily water changes. For the second part of these two weeks I had some melting of Crypts which is normal and very littly melting of a few leaves of other plants that had mechanical damage.
My question is, do I do a water change again or do I allow that little melting to just decompose and become nutrients?
The reason of my concerns is that I wan't to allow bacteria to populate so as to avoid a huge filamentous algae attack but also to decrease the chance of BBA due to fluctuations in CO2 in the water due to the addition of tap water which contains higher CO2 levels.
Thanks
I have recently planted a low tech tank with Echinodorus, Crypts, Ferns and other low maintenance plants. Because I used ADA Amazonia as my substrate, for the first two weeks I carried out daily water changes. For the second part of these two weeks I had some melting of Crypts which is normal and very littly melting of a few leaves of other plants that had mechanical damage.
My question is, do I do a water change again or do I allow that little melting to just decompose and become nutrients?
The reason of my concerns is that I wan't to allow bacteria to populate so as to avoid a huge filamentous algae attack but also to decrease the chance of BBA due to fluctuations in CO2 in the water due to the addition of tap water which contains higher CO2 levels.
Thanks