tomandrews
New Member
Hi guys,
I'm new here so if this is posted int he wrong place please let me know!
I joined today because I would love to get some opinions on some issues I am having with my Rio 450 litre tank.
I've had it up and running for just under a year now, overall I'm happy with it but I am trying to work out if my issues are related to lighting, Co2 or Fertilisers.
Issues I have are:
Algae growth on Anubias and holes int he leaves
BBA present on amazon swords and elsewhere
Green/Blue algae (unsure exactly of the type) present on one rock
Brown algae present on the substrate and rocks.
I used to run my lighting at nearer 90% which was fine when I had lots of easy growing stem plants, but I removed them a few months ago and reduced the lighting to 65% maximum. With the BBA present, along with holes in the leaves and also green/brown algae I can't decide what to try first. I was thinking at first it might be a Potassium of Phosphate deficiency...
Any ideas and opinions on what could be the causes of these issues?
Tank specs:
Single Juwel Helialux Spectrum 1500. Maximum 65% white light during the day.
I have Co2 Injection approx 4bps. Runs during the day and off at night. Drop checker seems a good green colour
Dosing Leaf Zone as directed x2 per week.
Dosing Flourish Trace as directed every 2 days
Adding TNC lite liquid fertiliser once per month / use root tabs once every 6 months for the amazon swords mostly.
PH 6.49 going to a lowest of 6.34 during the day.
Juwel Bioflow XL
Oase Biomaster 850
Fluval 307
Nitrates are usually between 20 and 40ppm.
Please see the photos attached and I hope I've given enough information, I would really like to understand whats happening as all the different information has me confused as to what action to take.
I'm new here so if this is posted int he wrong place please let me know!
I joined today because I would love to get some opinions on some issues I am having with my Rio 450 litre tank.
I've had it up and running for just under a year now, overall I'm happy with it but I am trying to work out if my issues are related to lighting, Co2 or Fertilisers.
Issues I have are:
Algae growth on Anubias and holes int he leaves
BBA present on amazon swords and elsewhere
Green/Blue algae (unsure exactly of the type) present on one rock
Brown algae present on the substrate and rocks.
I used to run my lighting at nearer 90% which was fine when I had lots of easy growing stem plants, but I removed them a few months ago and reduced the lighting to 65% maximum. With the BBA present, along with holes in the leaves and also green/brown algae I can't decide what to try first. I was thinking at first it might be a Potassium of Phosphate deficiency...
Any ideas and opinions on what could be the causes of these issues?
Tank specs:
Single Juwel Helialux Spectrum 1500. Maximum 65% white light during the day.
I have Co2 Injection approx 4bps. Runs during the day and off at night. Drop checker seems a good green colour
Dosing Leaf Zone as directed x2 per week.
Dosing Flourish Trace as directed every 2 days
Adding TNC lite liquid fertiliser once per month / use root tabs once every 6 months for the amazon swords mostly.
PH 6.49 going to a lowest of 6.34 during the day.
Juwel Bioflow XL
Oase Biomaster 850
Fluval 307
Nitrates are usually between 20 and 40ppm.
Please see the photos attached and I hope I've given enough information, I would really like to understand whats happening as all the different information has me confused as to what action to take.
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