Hello all,
I am new here. First of all sorry for my bad English (I am not native speaker). I hope that we will understand each other
Anyway, I had setup my 270 l 135x45x45cm high tech 3 months ago.
I've been using Barr's EI method to prevent algae and for good plant conditions.
On every weekend I am collecting cladophora from my Eleocharis, filament algae from xmas moss, fuzzy filamentous(soft one) from star grass. Last week I trim them,after star grass' some leafs get darken and started to die.
I am suspicious about sodium thiosulphate, I heard that when it brokes cloramine ammonia releases. But I don't know how much ammonia iget when %50 wc?
Can it trigger algae spors.
Another issue is pale and yellowish forms of new leafs. I don't really understand why? Because I am dosing to much.
My regime is
Nitrate:35 ppm
Phospate:4.2 ppm
Potassium:25ppm
Fe:0.6ppm gluconat form as like seachem Ferrus
All my ferts are DIY.
I am using reeflowers trace as well.
I am dosing extra phospate because I saw some strange white chalky sediments on my filter hoses when I started it. After 2 weeks it pass. People saying that gluconate form of iron can bond with phosphate. I don't know how to manage it?Maybe that's the reason?
Tech:
Sunsun hw-306 1000l/h
Prodac 300watt
Lightning 2xosram 36watt cool daylight
1xosram fluora 36 watt (alike grolux for emerson effect on plants )+ 1xgrolux 36 watt all o them T8
(I was about to change it with 100 watt diy powerled but I am afraid of more algae problems)
Jbl manado+jbl aquabasis.
Plants: Heteranthera z.,hemianthus micra,cabomba aquatica,hydrocotyle l.,Eleocharis parvula and acicularis and xmas moss.
Sorry for long post.
What will be your suggestions?
Regards.
I am new here. First of all sorry for my bad English (I am not native speaker). I hope that we will understand each other
Anyway, I had setup my 270 l 135x45x45cm high tech 3 months ago.
I've been using Barr's EI method to prevent algae and for good plant conditions.
On every weekend I am collecting cladophora from my Eleocharis, filament algae from xmas moss, fuzzy filamentous(soft one) from star grass. Last week I trim them,after star grass' some leafs get darken and started to die.
I am suspicious about sodium thiosulphate, I heard that when it brokes cloramine ammonia releases. But I don't know how much ammonia iget when %50 wc?
Can it trigger algae spors.
Another issue is pale and yellowish forms of new leafs. I don't really understand why? Because I am dosing to much.
My regime is
Nitrate:35 ppm
Phospate:4.2 ppm
Potassium:25ppm
Fe:0.6ppm gluconat form as like seachem Ferrus
All my ferts are DIY.
I am using reeflowers trace as well.
I am dosing extra phospate because I saw some strange white chalky sediments on my filter hoses when I started it. After 2 weeks it pass. People saying that gluconate form of iron can bond with phosphate. I don't know how to manage it?Maybe that's the reason?
Tech:
Sunsun hw-306 1000l/h
Prodac 300watt
Lightning 2xosram 36watt cool daylight
1xosram fluora 36 watt (alike grolux for emerson effect on plants )+ 1xgrolux 36 watt all o them T8
(I was about to change it with 100 watt diy powerled but I am afraid of more algae problems)
Jbl manado+jbl aquabasis.
Plants: Heteranthera z.,hemianthus micra,cabomba aquatica,hydrocotyle l.,Eleocharis parvula and acicularis and xmas moss.
Sorry for long post.
What will be your suggestions?
Regards.
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