Hey all, I have a pretty strange issue here and I'm wondering if anyone can help me out. I have a planted 40g with a bit of ada amazonia under pool filter sand, and maybe 4kg of granite holding the structure in place. I'm running at about 10bps with an in-line diffuser and my whole tank is cloudy from the bubbles but I'm only getting .5 of a ph drop. Is this because of the granite? One would think that at 10bps my shrimp would be sitting at the top but they're doing great. The whole tank is cloudy and it really ruins the view.
If that wasn't enough, I'm getting BBA and GSA on the hardscape, glass, and older anubaias leaves. I spend more time working on the tank than I should, so it's quite free of detritus or anything breaking down on the substrate. I wasn't dosing anything for the first 3ish months but 2 weeks ago I've started dosing EI because I got some leaf curl and though the plants seem to be doing better, I'm still dealing with the algae.
The thought that insufficient co2 is the cause seems insane.. My co2 goes on 2 hours before my lights, all of which are on a timer. The tank gets no direct sunlight, and i'm very rarely late on my water changes. What's going on here?
If that wasn't enough, I'm getting BBA and GSA on the hardscape, glass, and older anubaias leaves. I spend more time working on the tank than I should, so it's quite free of detritus or anything breaking down on the substrate. I wasn't dosing anything for the first 3ish months but 2 weeks ago I've started dosing EI because I got some leaf curl and though the plants seem to be doing better, I'm still dealing with the algae.
The thought that insufficient co2 is the cause seems insane.. My co2 goes on 2 hours before my lights, all of which are on a timer. The tank gets no direct sunlight, and i'm very rarely late on my water changes. What's going on here?
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