Hi
I have recently starting the EI method, but so far not so good. I really believe in it and I am keen to find out what I am doing wrong so that I can use EI at work and at home
I set up a 60l tank about 2 months ago
And started to get some green spot algae on anubias. I thought it was a lack of phosphate so I started adding seachem phosphorous. The green spot algae disappeared but I started to have a little bit of fuzz algae
After checking I realised my nitrate was 0,
Also found out at the same time the EI method and went to buy the all set of Ada fertilisers as I thought it must come from a lack of fertilisers . No need to say that they are really expensive fertilisers and I was adding a lots . I then decided to buy dry fertilisers from aquarium plant food Uk
And starting dosing seachem equilibrium to raise my GH to 3 as I use RO water my kh is very low but I like it like that for plants like tonina. Also dosing trace elements, KNO3 and KH2PO4.
I have reduced CO2 to 3 bubbles a sec as I had to trim all plants really low to get rid of algae but will increase it as the plants grow.
I also have Ada light 150w metal halides on 60l so really strong light on for 9hrs
I am now starting to have fuzz algae
I am pretty sure I have enough fertilisers and maybe even too much. Enough co2
So my questions are
Is it possible I’ve added too much fertilisers as I have trimmed all the plants and they need a certain time to regrow?
Have I got too much light?
Or can you see anything I am doing wrong?
The EI make sense for me so I will not rest till I found out what I am doing wrong and any help would be really appreciated.
I have added a pic with the tank before I trimmed all the plants and as you can see it’s covered with algae
I will upload a pic after cleaning and trimming the plant to show that the bio mass has been really reduced and maybe I have to much fertilisers
I have recently starting the EI method, but so far not so good. I really believe in it and I am keen to find out what I am doing wrong so that I can use EI at work and at home
I set up a 60l tank about 2 months ago
And started to get some green spot algae on anubias. I thought it was a lack of phosphate so I started adding seachem phosphorous. The green spot algae disappeared but I started to have a little bit of fuzz algae
After checking I realised my nitrate was 0,
Also found out at the same time the EI method and went to buy the all set of Ada fertilisers as I thought it must come from a lack of fertilisers . No need to say that they are really expensive fertilisers and I was adding a lots . I then decided to buy dry fertilisers from aquarium plant food Uk
And starting dosing seachem equilibrium to raise my GH to 3 as I use RO water my kh is very low but I like it like that for plants like tonina. Also dosing trace elements, KNO3 and KH2PO4.
I have reduced CO2 to 3 bubbles a sec as I had to trim all plants really low to get rid of algae but will increase it as the plants grow.
I also have Ada light 150w metal halides on 60l so really strong light on for 9hrs
I am now starting to have fuzz algae
I am pretty sure I have enough fertilisers and maybe even too much. Enough co2
So my questions are
Is it possible I’ve added too much fertilisers as I have trimmed all the plants and they need a certain time to regrow?
Have I got too much light?
Or can you see anything I am doing wrong?
The EI make sense for me so I will not rest till I found out what I am doing wrong and any help would be really appreciated.
I have added a pic with the tank before I trimmed all the plants and as you can see it’s covered with algae
I will upload a pic after cleaning and trimming the plant to show that the bio mass has been really reduced and maybe I have to much fertilisers