This is my first time posting here so my apologies if I put this in the wrong section. I have a 45G with the following spec.
Ammonia and Nitrite obviously o
Nitrate: 0.5
PH : 7.8
GH: 6 Degrees
KH: 3 Degrees
Phosphorous : 0.5-1 ppm (using API test kit and it was hard to tell exactly which it was)
Using a Finnex Planted + with 8 hours of lighting a day (2 on, 4 off, 3 on, 3 off, 3 on,) Yes I know some of you think staggering lights wont reduce algae but Im just scared of algae
No Co2
5 ml of excel EVERYDAY when lights are off
5 ml of Seachem Flourish ONCE per week after water changes
1/4 spoon of Bacter AE once a week
3 Otocinclus
~50 cherry shrimp
1 Siamese Algae Eater
4 German Blue Rams
I cant seem for the life of me get rid of this dark green spots on my leaves. They arent on all the leaves but some of them. I THINK its Green Spot Algae but I hear that if your keep your phosphate levels at a 10:1 ratio with nitrate then it should be okay, which mine are. I also have a bit of BBA growth on some of my java fern. Nothing crazy, just really small tidy specs. Id LOVE for all my plants to be lush and green like the new Anubias leaves that are in the picture. Do any of you know why some of my leaves are such a nasty dark green and how to get rid of it? Does Bacter AE create this stuff Green Spot Algae?
Thanks so much for your help
Ammonia and Nitrite obviously o
Nitrate: 0.5
PH : 7.8
GH: 6 Degrees
KH: 3 Degrees
Phosphorous : 0.5-1 ppm (using API test kit and it was hard to tell exactly which it was)
Using a Finnex Planted + with 8 hours of lighting a day (2 on, 4 off, 3 on, 3 off, 3 on,) Yes I know some of you think staggering lights wont reduce algae but Im just scared of algae
No Co2
5 ml of excel EVERYDAY when lights are off
5 ml of Seachem Flourish ONCE per week after water changes
1/4 spoon of Bacter AE once a week
3 Otocinclus
~50 cherry shrimp
1 Siamese Algae Eater
4 German Blue Rams
I cant seem for the life of me get rid of this dark green spots on my leaves. They arent on all the leaves but some of them. I THINK its Green Spot Algae but I hear that if your keep your phosphate levels at a 10:1 ratio with nitrate then it should be okay, which mine are. I also have a bit of BBA growth on some of my java fern. Nothing crazy, just really small tidy specs. Id LOVE for all my plants to be lush and green like the new Anubias leaves that are in the picture. Do any of you know why some of my leaves are such a nasty dark green and how to get rid of it? Does Bacter AE create this stuff Green Spot Algae?
Thanks so much for your help