LancsRick
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Doing my weekly inspection of my tanks, I was amazed to see a fair amount of hair algae on some of the ele. acic. in my Fluval Ebi tank. The reason I say amazed is that I'm just using the Ebi light (4 hour photoperiod), and have a JBL e700 (at half throttle) on it, which is giving significant movement on all stems within the tank. I'm double dosing all-in-one ferts at the moment, but I'm not aware of that having a bearing on hair algae?
Regardless of that, the fact is that hair algae is there, and since (as far as I know), it's always too much light/too little CO2, so I'll have to either reduce my lighting duration, or put some frosted film on the top lid of the tank.
My question is - from other people's experiences out there, is the Fluval Ebi light too much for the tank, or is this potentially just the tank getting established, and something that will subside once I've got a plethora of cherry shrimp in there?
Regardless of that, the fact is that hair algae is there, and since (as far as I know), it's always too much light/too little CO2, so I'll have to either reduce my lighting duration, or put some frosted film on the top lid of the tank.
My question is - from other people's experiences out there, is the Fluval Ebi light too much for the tank, or is this potentially just the tank getting established, and something that will subside once I've got a plethora of cherry shrimp in there?