Staffylover
Member
I need some help with my 35l tank. It house a male fighter and has a lot of Vallis and has been up and running for about three years
For two years I did not use any ferts and did weekly water changes of 30% without issues.
It was then suggested that I should be using ferts in my tank and I have had no end of issues since
I started with liquid CO2 and ferts only to realise Vallis does not do well with the liquid carbo and I ended up losing it and having to replace it
I then started to use profito fertiliser on a weekly basis when doing my water changes but am still having a small loss with occasional leaves dying weekly.
Over the last few days I've had a big outbreak of brown algae at the top of the leaves, I've removed as much as possible manually but I need to know what to do for the best moving forwards? I've also noticed a very small amount of BBA starting to grow on my wood which I've removed and scrubbed for now
My lights are on for 5-6 hours daily and it is an 18w tube
There is obviously something not quite right in my set up but I don't know where to start. I don't want to kill the vallis but I need to get the algae under control and get some stability in my tank. I have attached a picture of what I believe to be the brown algae
For two years I did not use any ferts and did weekly water changes of 30% without issues.
It was then suggested that I should be using ferts in my tank and I have had no end of issues since
I started with liquid CO2 and ferts only to realise Vallis does not do well with the liquid carbo and I ended up losing it and having to replace it
I then started to use profito fertiliser on a weekly basis when doing my water changes but am still having a small loss with occasional leaves dying weekly.
Over the last few days I've had a big outbreak of brown algae at the top of the leaves, I've removed as much as possible manually but I need to know what to do for the best moving forwards? I've also noticed a very small amount of BBA starting to grow on my wood which I've removed and scrubbed for now
My lights are on for 5-6 hours daily and it is an 18w tube
There is obviously something not quite right in my set up but I don't know where to start. I don't want to kill the vallis but I need to get the algae under control and get some stability in my tank. I have attached a picture of what I believe to be the brown algae