Last week I did some plant re-arranging in my 72 bow front and a major pruning. I removed a fair amount of plant mass, but it is still densely planted. After I finished up I did a 50% water change and resumed my dosing schedule, which is:
3/4 tsp KN03 3x a week
3/16 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
Traces and iron on days I don't do NPK ferts
50% weekly water change
The tank has a lot of light 315W of PC 6700K from a Coralife fixture (260W) and a small AH Supply strip (55W). The 55W light runs 12 hours a day and the 260W runs 8 hours a day. C02 injection is currently controlled via a PH controller. There is not a lot of bounce because I use an ideal needle valve and the injection rate is well tuned for the tank. Filtration is an XP4 and I have 2 power heads in the tank to circulate the water.
On to the problem, I had my buddy do my dosing last week because I was away on a trip (everything was pre measured out for him) and when I got back BBA attack! I pruned all the afflicted leaves off to get the BBA out of the tank. But I am at a loss for the cause of the outbreak. From what I have read it seems inconsistent C02 is the culprit. I am going to swap my C02 injection over to a timer system tonight. Is there anything else that I am doing wrong that may be contributing to the BBA?
3/4 tsp KN03 3x a week
3/16 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
Traces and iron on days I don't do NPK ferts
50% weekly water change
The tank has a lot of light 315W of PC 6700K from a Coralife fixture (260W) and a small AH Supply strip (55W). The 55W light runs 12 hours a day and the 260W runs 8 hours a day. C02 injection is currently controlled via a PH controller. There is not a lot of bounce because I use an ideal needle valve and the injection rate is well tuned for the tank. Filtration is an XP4 and I have 2 power heads in the tank to circulate the water.
On to the problem, I had my buddy do my dosing last week because I was away on a trip (everything was pre measured out for him) and when I got back BBA attack! I pruned all the afflicted leaves off to get the BBA out of the tank. But I am at a loss for the cause of the outbreak. From what I have read it seems inconsistent C02 is the culprit. I am going to swap my C02 injection over to a timer system tonight. Is there anything else that I am doing wrong that may be contributing to the BBA?