I use this as my co2 reactor. http://www.aquariumplants.com/cgi-bin/cart/pr374.html. I find it very strange that inside the chamber is my highest concentration of a black or brown algae. BBA I think. It grows like wild in there. It almost seems like it loves the co2. The plants right around the output of the reactor also I have a lot of the black stuff on them.
The whole aquarium is starting to get it. I prune off the most affected leaves. But at the rate it seems to be growing I will have nothing but stems soon
Not really the plants seem to be growing well but there is a lot of this stuff.
I have been keeping my PH at 6.7 to 6.8 during lights on. KH of 6.5 -7. I turn off the CO2 at night PH in the morning is about 7. I turn the CO2 on about an hour before the lights come on. I have been dosing 1/2 teaspoon kno3 and 1/16 phosphate and 4ml trace twice a week. Changing 50 percent of the water each week. The tank has had plants in it about 3 weeks now.
Any ideas on how I can get rid of this stuff? I just put a power head in the tank to direct the water away from the reactor. I also put the reactor a bit lower away from the lights. I dunno if that will do any good though.
Thanks Rick.
The whole aquarium is starting to get it. I prune off the most affected leaves. But at the rate it seems to be growing I will have nothing but stems soon
Not really the plants seem to be growing well but there is a lot of this stuff. I have been keeping my PH at 6.7 to 6.8 during lights on. KH of 6.5 -7. I turn off the CO2 at night PH in the morning is about 7. I turn the CO2 on about an hour before the lights come on. I have been dosing 1/2 teaspoon kno3 and 1/16 phosphate and 4ml trace twice a week. Changing 50 percent of the water each week. The tank has had plants in it about 3 weeks now.
Any ideas on how I can get rid of this stuff? I just put a power head in the tank to direct the water away from the reactor. I also put the reactor a bit lower away from the lights. I dunno if that will do any good though.
Thanks Rick.
