Imorpher
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- 19 Feb 2015
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Hi,
I am having some trouble with what i believe to be GBA in my TB Shrimp tank and struggling to think of the best way treat it without damaging any of my shrimp. Has anybody else been able to get rid of this in their shrimp tank as I would appreciate any advice on the matter.
I spent a decent amount of time every couple of days removing as much as I can but it seems to come back worse each time in the same spots.
Tank : 30cm cube ~ 27L
Lighting : Beamswork 18W raised ~6" above tank on 50% for 8 hours a day.
Filtration : Boyu EF-05 ("150L/H")
Ferts : 2x dose of Tropica Premium per week.
Water : RO Re-minerialised with Bee Shrimp GH +
Water parameters (According to tests)
PH : 6.1
Ammonia : 0
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate : 0 (Apparently)
GH : 6
KH : 0
TDS : ~190
Temp : 22-24c
Obviously the issue is related to the nitrate because I believe this arguably the main cause for GBA as well as poor flow. But I am unsure what I can do about it too much because I don't want to risk the Shrimps health ideally. Is there any products I could use to help out with this?
I probably also need to look into getting another filter but I am uncertain as to whether this one is related to flow because even the leaves that are getting hit with the flow have the algae also. I have the spray bar covering the width of the tank pointing towards the front but don't really much swaying from the leaves in the direct output from the filter.
If anyone has any advice or similar experiences I would greatly appreciate it, starting to get bummed out about continually removing it.
I am having some trouble with what i believe to be GBA in my TB Shrimp tank and struggling to think of the best way treat it without damaging any of my shrimp. Has anybody else been able to get rid of this in their shrimp tank as I would appreciate any advice on the matter.
I spent a decent amount of time every couple of days removing as much as I can but it seems to come back worse each time in the same spots.
Tank : 30cm cube ~ 27L
Lighting : Beamswork 18W raised ~6" above tank on 50% for 8 hours a day.
Filtration : Boyu EF-05 ("150L/H")
Ferts : 2x dose of Tropica Premium per week.
Water : RO Re-minerialised with Bee Shrimp GH +
Water parameters (According to tests)
PH : 6.1
Ammonia : 0
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate : 0 (Apparently)
GH : 6
KH : 0
TDS : ~190
Temp : 22-24c
Obviously the issue is related to the nitrate because I believe this arguably the main cause for GBA as well as poor flow. But I am unsure what I can do about it too much because I don't want to risk the Shrimps health ideally. Is there any products I could use to help out with this?
I probably also need to look into getting another filter but I am uncertain as to whether this one is related to flow because even the leaves that are getting hit with the flow have the algae also. I have the spray bar covering the width of the tank pointing towards the front but don't really much swaying from the leaves in the direct output from the filter.
If anyone has any advice or similar experiences I would greatly appreciate it, starting to get bummed out about continually removing it.