All,
I have two tanks. A 29 gallon with injected CO2 and a 10 gallon using Excel. The 10 gallon is ALWAYS in better shape and nicer looking because the 29 gallon has been plagued by green spot algae. This is the only algae that I ever seem to run into with this tank. It appears to occur whenever I trim the plants. The trimmed plants will have GSA on a few of the leaves just below where the trimming occurred. The GSA is also prevalent on my micro swords which cover the foreground. Why does it appear consistently on the leaves below the trimmed point?
Light = 65 W of PC. It is on two 65W bulbs that switch half-way through the day.
Ferts
3x a Week = 5ml Tropica Master Grow; 1/4 tsp KNO3; 1/16 tsp Mono Potassium Phosphate;
Daily = 5ml Excel.
1x a Week = 1/8 tsp Potassium Sulfate; 1/4 tsp Magensium Sulfate; 1/2 tsp Calcium Sulfate.
CO2
Compressed. Drop Checker at a light green with 4 deg. KH solution.
I run the CO2 line into a RIO 180 to chop up the bubbles. The air intake of the RIO is also re-routed into the impeller.
Circulation
1 RIO 180 for CO2. Another for additional circulation. (2 x 120 gph)
FLUVAL 205 (180 gph) hooked into a Spray-bar.
Any comments / suggestions are appreciated. When I do a water change half-way through the light cycle the plants pearl intensely. I only notice moderate pearling during the day w/o water changes.
I have two tanks. A 29 gallon with injected CO2 and a 10 gallon using Excel. The 10 gallon is ALWAYS in better shape and nicer looking because the 29 gallon has been plagued by green spot algae. This is the only algae that I ever seem to run into with this tank. It appears to occur whenever I trim the plants. The trimmed plants will have GSA on a few of the leaves just below where the trimming occurred. The GSA is also prevalent on my micro swords which cover the foreground. Why does it appear consistently on the leaves below the trimmed point?
Light = 65 W of PC. It is on two 65W bulbs that switch half-way through the day.
Ferts
3x a Week = 5ml Tropica Master Grow; 1/4 tsp KNO3; 1/16 tsp Mono Potassium Phosphate;
Daily = 5ml Excel.
1x a Week = 1/8 tsp Potassium Sulfate; 1/4 tsp Magensium Sulfate; 1/2 tsp Calcium Sulfate.
CO2
Compressed. Drop Checker at a light green with 4 deg. KH solution.
I run the CO2 line into a RIO 180 to chop up the bubbles. The air intake of the RIO is also re-routed into the impeller.
Circulation
1 RIO 180 for CO2. Another for additional circulation. (2 x 120 gph)
FLUVAL 205 (180 gph) hooked into a Spray-bar.
Any comments / suggestions are appreciated. When I do a water change half-way through the light cycle the plants pearl intensely. I only notice moderate pearling during the day w/o water changes.