I have a low tech 55g and none of my plants are showing the obvious signs of deficiency like yellow leaves, melting, or holes in leaves. But...I do have 4 types of algae: BBA, GDA, Spot, and Fuzz or Hair. None of these are really bad, and the only one which seems to have gotten worse since I've stabilized my tank is the hair algae.
I feel I need some tweaking to be done to my dosing, but how does a person know where to begin? I was under the impression that since my plants looked fine, that any changes needed were probably a reduction of some kind as I've read that hair algae can be caused by too much iron in the water. I was gonna half the flourish dosing, but the more I read, the more complicated it seems. How do I know if I need an increase or decrease and of what?
I have 1wpg and am dosing weekly:
1/4 tsp KNO3
1/8 tsp KH2PO4
flourish recommended dosing
Also, could my relatively new flourite sand substrate be causing too much iron in the water if rustled up or is it only possible with liquid ferts?
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I feel I need some tweaking to be done to my dosing, but how does a person know where to begin? I was under the impression that since my plants looked fine, that any changes needed were probably a reduction of some kind as I've read that hair algae can be caused by too much iron in the water. I was gonna half the flourish dosing, but the more I read, the more complicated it seems. How do I know if I need an increase or decrease and of what?
I have 1wpg and am dosing weekly:
1/4 tsp KNO3
1/8 tsp KH2PO4
flourish recommended dosing
Also, could my relatively new flourite sand substrate be causing too much iron in the water if rustled up or is it only possible with liquid ferts?
Trivr