RudeDogg1
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What level of phosphate should we be aiming for? I use remineralised RO and dose AIO and fairly heavily planted my level is always around 0-0.25.
Hi @HanumanHere is my question. Do you see any sort of deficiency in your plants that leads you to think that you need more?
Hi @RudeDogg1my level is always around 0-0.25
Hi @RudeDogg1
Is that, by any chance, using the JBL Phosphate (sensitive) test, this being what I use?
JPC
This combined with the picture you have provided indicates to me that your CO2 levels are too low and phosphates are not the issue.But what is the level it should be ie is mine to low which is kinda what I’m asking. In my old tank it was to high because I was using a hma filter and my tap water has really high phosphate so I was getting bad hair algae.
and the low CO2 levels could be a result of poor flow in the area eg low flow near substrate causing lower leaves of the MC to melt, which results in more localized detritus and increase DOC which may be inducing localised algae, as the algae grows it compounds the localised flow. An Amano in the tank could make all the difference as that would clean up the algae which would also help flow in the areaThis combined with the picture you have provided indicates to me that your CO2 levels are too low and phosphates are not the issue.
and the low CO2 levels could be a result of poor flow in the area eg low flow near substrate causing lower leaves of the MC to melt, which results in more localized detritus and increase DOC which may be inducing localised algae, as the algae grows it compounds the localised flow. An Amano in the tank could make all the difference as that would clean up the algae which would also help flow in the area
are they moving at substrate level in the area of the algae ?lime green and there’s loads of flow you can see the low plants moving?
are they moving at substrate level in the area of the algae ?
Yes tbh I’m on the verge of yanking it out and planting something else it looks horrible
Yes I did a profile goes from 6.4-6.6