MMonis
Member
Hey folks,
Before going on a month long vacation, I had trimmed my plants and had reduced the lighting intensity to 25%. During the vacation pressurised CO2 was still running but it wasn’t possible to fertilise during this time. No water changes were done, but only evaporated water was topped off by a friend and the fish were fed.
When I came back I hadn’t lost any fish so that was a positive. However, my stem plants took a hit. Most were covered in BBA and also some rocks. There is also some green dust algae on the side and back of the glass wall.
After coming back I started following the regular regime that I had and also spot treated the BBA with Easy Carbo.
I changed from the standard oase spray bar to an aquario neo flow v2 in/out. I also switched from an AIO fertiliser to full EI dosing macro and micro based on my recipe from IFC fert calculator. The light intensity is now at 60% and regular weekly water changes.
It’s been a month now post vacation, but my stem plants still have BBA on them and the glass has GDA.
At this point I am wondering if I should just remove all the stem plants and replant new ones instead or should I just continue and wait till the new growth is better and then trim and replant the tops ? Is there any way to get rid of the BBA on the stem plants and what should I do about the GDA.
Here are some pictures of the tank.
Tank details:
54 litres, oase biomaster 250, pressurised co2 inline (3 hrs before lights on and 1 hr before lights off), Full EI dosing (5 ml macro and micro each alternate days), Fluval aquasky lights (6 hrs - 60% intensity)
Before going on a month long vacation, I had trimmed my plants and had reduced the lighting intensity to 25%. During the vacation pressurised CO2 was still running but it wasn’t possible to fertilise during this time. No water changes were done, but only evaporated water was topped off by a friend and the fish were fed.
When I came back I hadn’t lost any fish so that was a positive. However, my stem plants took a hit. Most were covered in BBA and also some rocks. There is also some green dust algae on the side and back of the glass wall.
After coming back I started following the regular regime that I had and also spot treated the BBA with Easy Carbo.
I changed from the standard oase spray bar to an aquario neo flow v2 in/out. I also switched from an AIO fertiliser to full EI dosing macro and micro based on my recipe from IFC fert calculator. The light intensity is now at 60% and regular weekly water changes.
It’s been a month now post vacation, but my stem plants still have BBA on them and the glass has GDA.
At this point I am wondering if I should just remove all the stem plants and replant new ones instead or should I just continue and wait till the new growth is better and then trim and replant the tops ? Is there any way to get rid of the BBA on the stem plants and what should I do about the GDA.
Here are some pictures of the tank.
Tank details:
54 litres, oase biomaster 250, pressurised co2 inline (3 hrs before lights on and 1 hr before lights off), Full EI dosing (5 ml macro and micro each alternate days), Fluval aquasky lights (6 hrs - 60% intensity)