I have a 120 gal tank 4*2*2 with 2 XP3 filters one with a co2 reactor (DIY Rex) inline. I also have a 802 power head for circulation. I am injecting c02 at about 2bps to reactor and 5bps to a Rhinox 5000 diffuser. Both my drop checkers are almost always yellow. For lights I have a 4' 260 watt compact fluorescent and a 4' dual bulb t5ho ( all bulbs are 6400k - 6700k). I have them on a timer for 9hrs of light a day, my co2 kick's in 3hrs before my lights.
EI schedule:
Macro: W,F,Su,M (KNO3=1.9gr , KH2SO4=9.3gr, equilibrium(GH boost and PO4)=1tsp)
Micro: W,Th,Sa, (Chelated Trace 1/2Tsp)
Tuesday off day
Parameters at the end of EI week:
Nitrate: 20ppm (used calibration method)
PO4: over 5ppm (used calibration method)
PH: 6.4
Kh/Gh: 4
Ammonia: 0
I realize that my PO4 is high but I totally cut out K2PO4 last week and only used equilibrium to bring it down, but it was still high at the end of this week, should I just use my Barr's GH Boost instead? It contains (one part MgSO4, three parts KSO4, three parts CaSO4)
So now that you have my tank specs. I have been getting BBA for the last three weeks. First I just tried to up my co2 and trim leaves but it kept coming back (at this point I also had staghorn but I only see a small amount now). I kept upping co2 and trimming leaves for several week with no success. At the end of last week my hair grass was starting to get it . So this last weekend I started spot treating with Excel and H2O2 daily, and I am slowly upping co2 still. The spot treatments are resulting in dead algae every time but it looks like it is still slowly spreading on me.
Any suggestion on what I can do to get rid of this devil algae would be great.
Thanks in advance.
EI schedule:
Macro: W,F,Su,M (KNO3=1.9gr , KH2SO4=9.3gr, equilibrium(GH boost and PO4)=1tsp)
Micro: W,Th,Sa, (Chelated Trace 1/2Tsp)
Tuesday off day
Parameters at the end of EI week:
Nitrate: 20ppm (used calibration method)
PO4: over 5ppm (used calibration method)
PH: 6.4
Kh/Gh: 4
Ammonia: 0
I realize that my PO4 is high but I totally cut out K2PO4 last week and only used equilibrium to bring it down, but it was still high at the end of this week, should I just use my Barr's GH Boost instead? It contains (one part MgSO4, three parts KSO4, three parts CaSO4)
So now that you have my tank specs. I have been getting BBA for the last three weeks. First I just tried to up my co2 and trim leaves but it kept coming back (at this point I also had staghorn but I only see a small amount now). I kept upping co2 and trimming leaves for several week with no success. At the end of last week my hair grass was starting to get it . So this last weekend I started spot treating with Excel and H2O2 daily, and I am slowly upping co2 still. The spot treatments are resulting in dead algae every time but it looks like it is still slowly spreading on me.
Any suggestion on what I can do to get rid of this devil algae would be great.
Thanks in advance.