I’m really desperate and at the end of my rope in regards to a constant supply of black beard algae which doesn’t want to leave. A few months ago I took drastic action and removed all the plants and decor, and dipped them in hydrogen peroxide for two minutes. Unfortunately most turned to mush within a few days of being returned to the tank and I had to buy a load more. Now I’m getting it back again and I really can’t figure out why. I’ve also got some plants which refuse to grow, which isn’t helping.
My tank is 200L, running a Fluval plant 3.0 at 30% (40% up until last week) from 10:30am to 6pm. Every day I’m dosing liquid co2 (8ml - easy life/easy carbo) and 3ml of TNC complete.
Stocking is 3x pictus catfish, 7x tiger barb, 7x Congo tetra, 1x Apistogramma Cacatuoides, 1x blue acara, 1x rainbow cichlid, 1x synodontis nigrita.
Every week I perform 50% change in the water. My filter is oase biomaster 650, I also run UV, and an aquarium circulator/wave maker. I feed once every two days and regularly make sure the filter isn’t inundated with waste.
Plants are mostly hygrophilia, a few crypts, Java fern, anubias, and a few others which don’t seem to want to grow. A lot are also covered with brown algae but my tank is nearly a year old!
Can anyone shed some light on this nuisance of a problem and how I can fix it? Also what more can I do to make my plants actually grow!
My tank is 200L, running a Fluval plant 3.0 at 30% (40% up until last week) from 10:30am to 6pm. Every day I’m dosing liquid co2 (8ml - easy life/easy carbo) and 3ml of TNC complete.
Stocking is 3x pictus catfish, 7x tiger barb, 7x Congo tetra, 1x Apistogramma Cacatuoides, 1x blue acara, 1x rainbow cichlid, 1x synodontis nigrita.
Every week I perform 50% change in the water. My filter is oase biomaster 650, I also run UV, and an aquarium circulator/wave maker. I feed once every two days and regularly make sure the filter isn’t inundated with waste.
Plants are mostly hygrophilia, a few crypts, Java fern, anubias, and a few others which don’t seem to want to grow. A lot are also covered with brown algae but my tank is nearly a year old!
Can anyone shed some light on this nuisance of a problem and how I can fix it? Also what more can I do to make my plants actually grow!
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