I am just back from a week in CA and after the ritual PWC of the morning I noticed that I have some green spots on my glass and a few of my Crypt and Pennywort leaves... My Alternanthera Reineckii has always seemed to gather a bit of green algae on it's older leaves, as it grows very slow, but I have not had any real problems with it spreading, etc. Is this the same stuff?
Is this a high-light problem? Anyway of fixing it without taking away light, or is that the only real issue here? It is only on a few leaves. I have already scrubbed it off the glass.
Stats:
72g Freshwater Bowfront
Pressurized CO2 w/Regulator and Solenoid
SMS122 pH Monitor
Reactor 1000
Inline 300w Heater
2x Rena XP3 Canisters
324w HO T-5 Lighting (10k bulbs)
EI Dosing (KNO3, K2SO4 and Flourish Comprehensive)
Tap pH: ~8.0
pH After CO2 Injection: ~6.8
kH ~120ppm
gH ~200ppm
Temp: ~79F
Lights: 10 hours full blast (324watts) + 2 hours dusk/dawn (108watts)
I don't test much any more, so I am not sure on the other things, but they should be pretty close to the EI marks. Plants pearl from early afternoon until the lights go out every day.
TIA
Is this a high-light problem? Anyway of fixing it without taking away light, or is that the only real issue here? It is only on a few leaves. I have already scrubbed it off the glass.
Stats:
72g Freshwater Bowfront
Pressurized CO2 w/Regulator and Solenoid
SMS122 pH Monitor
Reactor 1000
Inline 300w Heater
2x Rena XP3 Canisters
324w HO T-5 Lighting (10k bulbs)
EI Dosing (KNO3, K2SO4 and Flourish Comprehensive)
Tap pH: ~8.0
pH After CO2 Injection: ~6.8
kH ~120ppm
gH ~200ppm
Temp: ~79F
Lights: 10 hours full blast (324watts) + 2 hours dusk/dawn (108watts)
I don't test much any more, so I am not sure on the other things, but they should be pretty close to the EI marks. Plants pearl from early afternoon until the lights go out every day.
TIA