good afternoon. my name is dan and i live in bucharest (romania). i have a 126l freshwater aquarium for more than a year and i couldn't find the magic solution in order to get rid of the algae. i read a lot and i did many changes to the setup in order to have the best conditions for my plants and fish.
the setup is presented below:
- Filters: - Eheim Professionel 2222 (external) with 250ml extra Seachem Matrix;
- Aquael Turbo 350 (internal) with Zeocarbon
- CO2: 10l pressurized cylinder, no Ph controller. 1 bps and ~ 6.4 Ph
- Lightning: 96W
- 2 * T5 Aqua Medic Plant Grow 24W
- 2 * T5 Aqua Medic Reef White 10k 24W
- schedule: 2 hours 2 tubes (AM Plant Grow+AM Reef)+3 hours 4 tubes+2 hours 2 tubes
- Fertilisation: Easy Life: ProFito, Ferro, Fosfo, Nitro and Kalium-Potassium. here is the big problem. i couldn't find a fertilisation scheme. in the last period (2 months) i started a daily fertilisation scheme: 2.5 ml Profito, 2 ml Ferro, 2 ml Fosfo and 2 ml Nitro.
i made some tests and the values are:
- Fe: 0.1
- NO3: 15-20
- PO4: 1
- Fish: 2 botia, 2 otto and 4 Blue Tetra
I am trying to reach the Redfield Ratio, but with no success. I have big problems with green thread algae, on plants, front and rear glass. I also have some BBA, GSA and GDA, but it is not my biggest problem.
I read that this could be a cause of too much Fe (the green thread algae), and for 2 weeks I changed the fertilisation scheme: 2.5 ml Profito, 0.5 ml Nitro and 2ml Fosfo per day.
I am cleaning every week the substrate with JBL vacuum cleaner and i change 30% of water weekly. The substrate is JBL Aquabasis and 1-2 mm special sand for aquarium. I also have many Melanoides Tuberculata and i try to get rid of them
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any advice could be very useful. thank you very much
dan
the setup is presented below:
- Filters: - Eheim Professionel 2222 (external) with 250ml extra Seachem Matrix;
- Aquael Turbo 350 (internal) with Zeocarbon
- CO2: 10l pressurized cylinder, no Ph controller. 1 bps and ~ 6.4 Ph
- Lightning: 96W
- 2 * T5 Aqua Medic Plant Grow 24W
- 2 * T5 Aqua Medic Reef White 10k 24W
- schedule: 2 hours 2 tubes (AM Plant Grow+AM Reef)+3 hours 4 tubes+2 hours 2 tubes
- Fertilisation: Easy Life: ProFito, Ferro, Fosfo, Nitro and Kalium-Potassium. here is the big problem. i couldn't find a fertilisation scheme. in the last period (2 months) i started a daily fertilisation scheme: 2.5 ml Profito, 2 ml Ferro, 2 ml Fosfo and 2 ml Nitro.
i made some tests and the values are:
- Fe: 0.1
- NO3: 15-20
- PO4: 1
- Fish: 2 botia, 2 otto and 4 Blue Tetra
I am trying to reach the Redfield Ratio, but with no success. I have big problems with green thread algae, on plants, front and rear glass. I also have some BBA, GSA and GDA, but it is not my biggest problem.
I read that this could be a cause of too much Fe (the green thread algae), and for 2 weeks I changed the fertilisation scheme: 2.5 ml Profito, 0.5 ml Nitro and 2ml Fosfo per day.
I am cleaning every week the substrate with JBL vacuum cleaner and i change 30% of water weekly. The substrate is JBL Aquabasis and 1-2 mm special sand for aquarium. I also have many Melanoides Tuberculata and i try to get rid of them
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any advice could be very useful. thank you very much
dan
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