I am new to planted aquaria and I have a 100L cube tank roughly 47cm square with:
72W of lighting, 6 hour photoperiod
Eheim 2232 Thermo (500LPH) 24-25 deg C
JBL Co2 with JBL reactor 2 bubbles per sec
ADA amazonia substrate
50% water changes every other day
heavily planted
double dosing Easy Carbo (bit worried about the vals)
water 12 deg GH, 3 deg KH, pH 7.2, nitrates 25-50ppm
I'm already doing what I can but still my HC is getting swamped by green thread algae, I have noted the cooments regarding flow and have ordered a Hydor Koralia Nano and a more efficient co2 reactor.
Should I reduce lighting intensity, I have three independent 28W tubes?
Currently I am not dosing and hadn't intended to for the first 6 weeks because of the ADA Amazonia, is this correct?
I also have the option of using r/o water for changes but this will be a real pain as I will have to transport it from work, is it the nitrate in my tap water that's the problem?
Many thanks for your help.
PS. I recently purchased my plants from the Green Machine and they were fantastic as was the service.
72W of lighting, 6 hour photoperiod
Eheim 2232 Thermo (500LPH) 24-25 deg C
JBL Co2 with JBL reactor 2 bubbles per sec
ADA amazonia substrate
50% water changes every other day
heavily planted
double dosing Easy Carbo (bit worried about the vals)
water 12 deg GH, 3 deg KH, pH 7.2, nitrates 25-50ppm
I'm already doing what I can but still my HC is getting swamped by green thread algae, I have noted the cooments regarding flow and have ordered a Hydor Koralia Nano and a more efficient co2 reactor.
Should I reduce lighting intensity, I have three independent 28W tubes?
Currently I am not dosing and hadn't intended to for the first 6 weeks because of the ADA Amazonia, is this correct?
I also have the option of using r/o water for changes but this will be a real pain as I will have to transport it from work, is it the nitrate in my tap water that's the problem?
Many thanks for your help.
PS. I recently purchased my plants from the Green Machine and they were fantastic as was the service.