Bufo Bill
Member
Hi I have good news from my nano tank. I had planted a large piece of bog wood with mini fern and Christmas moss, the substrate was planted with interesting Crypts, and all went well for a month with the tank run as a no ferts job.
Anyway, this week I had a small patch of BGA on the Christmas moss. I had never successfully treated any type of algae before, so I was fed up to say the least.
I lowered the light levels, increased the flow in the tank and I dosed 1ml of AquaNourish+ followed by 2 days of dosing 0.4ml of the same. Dosing nitrates was a trick I learnt from George Farmer, back when I was able to afford a PFK subscription, so thanks to George and PFK!
Today the BGA has gone, so big hoorah and huzzah there, but here my knowledge runs out so I was hoping if some one could help me decide whether to keep dosing the nitrates or to stop or dial it down a bit, as the tank only contains Crypts (root feeders), Java and mini fern and Christmas moss? The lighting is a TMC LED 400 tile at 14% output ( which is a shame, but CO2 and major ferts aren't what I want so I have no choice to be fair). There is a low livestock level (3 elderly Boraras species "Red Micros" (can't remember the scientific name, soz 😉 ), so water changes are every other month as it's no ferts, so as to minimise CO2 level changes.
Let me know if you can or feel free to tell me what other info you need.
All the best from Bill.
Anyway, this week I had a small patch of BGA on the Christmas moss. I had never successfully treated any type of algae before, so I was fed up to say the least.
I lowered the light levels, increased the flow in the tank and I dosed 1ml of AquaNourish+ followed by 2 days of dosing 0.4ml of the same. Dosing nitrates was a trick I learnt from George Farmer, back when I was able to afford a PFK subscription, so thanks to George and PFK!
Today the BGA has gone, so big hoorah and huzzah there, but here my knowledge runs out so I was hoping if some one could help me decide whether to keep dosing the nitrates or to stop or dial it down a bit, as the tank only contains Crypts (root feeders), Java and mini fern and Christmas moss? The lighting is a TMC LED 400 tile at 14% output ( which is a shame, but CO2 and major ferts aren't what I want so I have no choice to be fair). There is a low livestock level (3 elderly Boraras species "Red Micros" (can't remember the scientific name, soz 😉 ), so water changes are every other month as it's no ferts, so as to minimise CO2 level changes.
Let me know if you can or feel free to tell me what other info you need.
All the best from Bill.
