Well i don't know if it exists, but i seem to be having problems that not BGA related. I wanted to start this topic to provide you with as much information as i currently have.
First of all, the tank:
350 liters of water, filtrated by a 180 liter sump. Return is done by a Red Dragon pump, rated at 4500 liters/hour. I direct approx. 1500 liters/hour of this return through my Aquamedic co2 reactor which is in the last compartment of my sump.
Nutrition:
I have been using EI for about 5 weeks now, consistently changing > 50% water with 100% tap water every saturday. Dosing is done using peristaltic pumps which have set intervals. I dose 3 times a week 40ml NO3, 40ml PO4 and Tropica Plant Nutrition. My water parameters are: PH 6.7, KH 7.5, NO3: 20ppm, PO4: 0.5-1ppm
Method: 2 day blackout (i left ferts and co2 turned on)
Results: Yes, but not everything died
Method: Cyanocell
Results: Yes, but not everything died
Method: Changed lights
Results: Not sure, i removed 1 blue-ish bulb and replaced it with a more yellow-ish bulb.
I am still having troubles with algue. Not BGA, Not hair, thread, green etc. It is a new kind of algue which Tom thinks is coming from asia. A quote he made to me in PM:
And this one is really interesting:
After inspecting my plants today, i noticed that this algue has the strange habit to attach itself only to the edges of leaves. With my Limnophila Aromatica, this means that it attaches itself to everything, since the leaves are so thin. But on for instance the Lobelia Cardinalis, i see a very thin edging around the leaves which is clearly this algue.
So i think it feeds not on nutrients in the water, but nutrients which are leaked back into the water by the plants. I am not sure if this is even possible with algue, but it seems the case in my particular tank.
I wonder what it is, but i don't have anybody near who can make microscopic pictures of the algue. I want to call it Green Sludge Algue for now
First of all, the tank:
350 liters of water, filtrated by a 180 liter sump. Return is done by a Red Dragon pump, rated at 4500 liters/hour. I direct approx. 1500 liters/hour of this return through my Aquamedic co2 reactor which is in the last compartment of my sump.
Nutrition:
I have been using EI for about 5 weeks now, consistently changing > 50% water with 100% tap water every saturday. Dosing is done using peristaltic pumps which have set intervals. I dose 3 times a week 40ml NO3, 40ml PO4 and Tropica Plant Nutrition. My water parameters are: PH 6.7, KH 7.5, NO3: 20ppm, PO4: 0.5-1ppm
Method: 2 day blackout (i left ferts and co2 turned on)
Results: Yes, but not everything died
Method: Cyanocell
Results: Yes, but not everything died
Method: Changed lights
Results: Not sure, i removed 1 blue-ish bulb and replaced it with a more yellow-ish bulb.
I am still having troubles with algue. Not BGA, Not hair, thread, green etc. It is a new kind of algue which Tom thinks is coming from asia. A quote he made to me in PM:
I wonder if it's something else, not the typical BGA.
Antibiotics will not cure it if so.............
And this one is really interesting:
I totally agree with him, since cyanocell won't kill it!Not sure what induces it, it appeared recently, likely out of South East Asia and can be transferred tank to tank unlike most other algae.....which need some inducement trigger.
3 Day black out will kill BGA and this algae as well.
Will not hurt plants, turn off CO2, clean tank well, remove all the algae you can, do 50% water changes, then cover tank with trash bag etc , wait 3 days, then turn lights back on and do another water change, add ferts back.
After inspecting my plants today, i noticed that this algue has the strange habit to attach itself only to the edges of leaves. With my Limnophila Aromatica, this means that it attaches itself to everything, since the leaves are so thin. But on for instance the Lobelia Cardinalis, i see a very thin edging around the leaves which is clearly this algue.
So i think it feeds not on nutrients in the water, but nutrients which are leaked back into the water by the plants. I am not sure if this is even possible with algue, but it seems the case in my particular tank.
I wonder what it is, but i don't have anybody near who can make microscopic pictures of the algue. I want to call it Green Sludge Algue for now