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dielectric
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what is causing my brown diatoms. ive been battling these off and on for a LONG time. theyve been there through 2 different substrates, 2 different fert methods, a tank tear down and bleaching of everything. what gives? id rather have some sort of green algae... cuz well atleast its green.
10 NO3
2 PO4
0 ammonia 0 nitrites
ph 6.0
ive read on other sites that high silicates and low light trigger these. well its definately not low light. where would the silicates be coming from? could they be coming from the black lava rocks i have? i hope not, because i have a 5 gallon bucket full of different sized pieces that i want to use.
i have another question about black lava rock. could it be causing my KH to rise? i gave it the acid test and its hard to tell if it was fizzing becasue its so porous. i tested my kh last week and it was 7, now its 10. everytime i add wood or rocks to my tank things turn sour, i get all kinds of algae and my plants start to take a turn for the worse. it sucks because i want it to look like more then a bunch of scraggly weeds. i'm about ready to give up on plants.
anyways i have a few pieces sitting in a bucket of water and i will test the kh tomorrow to see if it went up.
10 NO3
2 PO4
0 ammonia 0 nitrites
ph 6.0
ive read on other sites that high silicates and low light trigger these. well its definately not low light. where would the silicates be coming from? could they be coming from the black lava rocks i have? i hope not, because i have a 5 gallon bucket full of different sized pieces that i want to use.
i have another question about black lava rock. could it be causing my KH to rise? i gave it the acid test and its hard to tell if it was fizzing becasue its so porous. i tested my kh last week and it was 7, now its 10. everytime i add wood or rocks to my tank things turn sour, i get all kinds of algae and my plants start to take a turn for the worse. it sucks because i want it to look like more then a bunch of scraggly weeds. i'm about ready to give up on plants.
anyways i have a few pieces sitting in a bucket of water and i will test the kh tomorrow to see if it went up.