My plants seem to be deteriorating a a slow rate, Ammania sp. Bonsai is melting, Hairgrass mini is turning brown, Micranthemum umbrosum is turning very brown on the lower parts of the plants. I’m also getting algae on the glass of my tank on a daily basis.
If anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated, the second filter has only been on for a week and I only significantly increased CO2 last weekend as well. Previously I didn’t trust the solenoid so I was manually putting it on in the morning before I went to work, as the lights don’t go on until 3 oclock I didn’t leave it to high (about 2 BPS) but since I started using the solenoid on a timer I’ve ramped it right up. The flow seems to be pretty good since I added the extra filter - I can see the CO2 bubbles moving all around the tank with no apparent dead spots.
Here are the specs of my tank
Water Changes:
40 - 50% twice a week
Substrate:
ADA Amazonia
CO2:
600g Disposable bottle via glass nano diffuser, more bubbles than I can count per second. Comes on 1 hour before lights on but always trickles in when the solenoid is off.
Ei Dosing:
15ml each day (alternating macro and micro as the previous post).
Filtration:
Eheim 2213
Fluval 106 (with an Eheim Skimmer next to the outflow for extra flow).
Lily pipes on opposite corners of the tank.
Light:
Z series LED, 7 hours per day.
Specs:
MODEL PRO-LED-Z-20
INPUT POWER AC 100V~240V
POWER 21.3W // 56mW / 1pcs
COLOR TEMPERATURE 8000K
LUMINOUS INTENSITY 1400mcd / 1pcs
OUTPUT POWER DC 12V
LED LAMP 180pcs
Any suggestions about where I’m going wrong would be great. I only started the remedial measures last weekend so things might be slowly improving, certainly the rate of deterioration doesn’t seem as fast.
Thanks.