Good morning,
I had made my first post a while back introducing myself with hopes of finding help with my algea issues but moved to a new apartment shortly after with plans of making major changes to the tank, so I felt it best to wait and see the effects of my changes before posting for help.
I have noticed that there are a number of posts about BBA but am hoping to find answers more specific to my situation.
First my tanks specs:
75g with injected CO2 (homemade cerges reactor, CO2 on 2 hours before lights, off 1 hour before lights off)
2x fluval fresh and plant 2.0 run at 75% capacity through egg crate (at the moment, lights come on at 5am, off at 9am, on at 5pm, off at 9pm)
EI dosing with GLA ferts
50-75% water change weekly
Used to clean my canister filters every other week in hopes of reducing organic build-up, but lately have not (probably out of frustration with lack of results)
I have a rather large variety of plants that I plan to dwindle down to several selected species once I pick favorites. Growth has been fantastic on most species with a few exceptions, mostly, my Rotala macrandra and Staurogen 'purple' have lost most of their color and are not putting out much growth. On the other hand, my Cryptocoryne nurri 'Rosen maiden' has been exploding with new growth and numerous runners and my Staurogen repens is doing amazingly well in contrast to it's cousin.
My substrate now (2-3 months ago) is a blend of worm castings, peat, and clay with a flourite sand cap.
My BBA issues started a little over a year ago. I have always had algea issues since going planted but the BBA did not show up until I purchased a Crinum that had some of it (I thought it would be fine as I had done an h202 dip)
As it currently stands, since hooking up the cerges reactor, going to dirt, and splitting my lighting period I no longer have issues with any other types of algea but the BBA still lingers. It is mostly on my driftwood, Crinums, and spray bars, though some poofs can be seen on rocks and a couple of leaves of plants that are on the driftwood.
I have tried dosing excel, I have tried breaking everything down and doing h202 dips (it dies and immediately comes back), the split photo period is the newest attempt and has totally gotten rid of my other algea types.
So, my hope is that someone will have more suggestions for me, or maybe you need more information? Being that my dirftwood is the most affected by the BBA, is it possible that it's leeching to many organics into the water?
P.S. sorry for the wall of text, typing this very quickly on my smartphone just before work starts.
I had made my first post a while back introducing myself with hopes of finding help with my algea issues but moved to a new apartment shortly after with plans of making major changes to the tank, so I felt it best to wait and see the effects of my changes before posting for help.
I have noticed that there are a number of posts about BBA but am hoping to find answers more specific to my situation.
First my tanks specs:
75g with injected CO2 (homemade cerges reactor, CO2 on 2 hours before lights, off 1 hour before lights off)
2x fluval fresh and plant 2.0 run at 75% capacity through egg crate (at the moment, lights come on at 5am, off at 9am, on at 5pm, off at 9pm)
EI dosing with GLA ferts
50-75% water change weekly
Used to clean my canister filters every other week in hopes of reducing organic build-up, but lately have not (probably out of frustration with lack of results)
I have a rather large variety of plants that I plan to dwindle down to several selected species once I pick favorites. Growth has been fantastic on most species with a few exceptions, mostly, my Rotala macrandra and Staurogen 'purple' have lost most of their color and are not putting out much growth. On the other hand, my Cryptocoryne nurri 'Rosen maiden' has been exploding with new growth and numerous runners and my Staurogen repens is doing amazingly well in contrast to it's cousin.
My substrate now (2-3 months ago) is a blend of worm castings, peat, and clay with a flourite sand cap.
My BBA issues started a little over a year ago. I have always had algea issues since going planted but the BBA did not show up until I purchased a Crinum that had some of it (I thought it would be fine as I had done an h202 dip)
As it currently stands, since hooking up the cerges reactor, going to dirt, and splitting my lighting period I no longer have issues with any other types of algea but the BBA still lingers. It is mostly on my driftwood, Crinums, and spray bars, though some poofs can be seen on rocks and a couple of leaves of plants that are on the driftwood.
I have tried dosing excel, I have tried breaking everything down and doing h202 dips (it dies and immediately comes back), the split photo period is the newest attempt and has totally gotten rid of my other algea types.
So, my hope is that someone will have more suggestions for me, or maybe you need more information? Being that my dirftwood is the most affected by the BBA, is it possible that it's leeching to many organics into the water?
P.S. sorry for the wall of text, typing this very quickly on my smartphone just before work starts.