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Nevrast
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Hello to all,
I would like some advice on a planted 55g tank that im installing, it has 60 W on lighting (a full spectrum and a gro lux) 12 h/day, a product from JBL under the gravel (with trace elements and the like), soily-like but with lots of fine sand (cant remember the name :? ).
Got 2 Corys and 4 ottos in there, Nitrite 0,7mg/L;nitrate 25 mg/L (its a bit high isnt it?), its running for a week and a half now.
The plants that i got there are some small crypts (C. parva and C. beckettii ''petchii'' ), Egeria densa, Valisneria americana, Cabomba caroliniana, Anubias barteri var. nana, Bacopa caroliniana, and one Echinodorus 'Ozelot' green, got another species that i couldnt identify.
They all are going great, lots of growth, side shoots, the works (oh, forgot to mention, also got Co2 DIY, that im thinking in shuting down).
Well, my problem is that in my submerged roots and in the highest plants (cabomba, vallisneria and egeria) , near the surface the hair algae is getting a bit, well, too big for my taste. Is this normal? some algae in these beginning times?( because of the Nitrate and nitrite are a bit of the chart).
Will the algae be subdued by the growing plants when the nitrate and nitrite falls down?
Should i desconnect the Co2 (well i already did that, but what is your oppinion)?
I'm getting a bit worried because i saw some posts and articles refering to people that had to strip their aqaurium down, wash everthing with bleach solutions and all that stuff (i'm pannicking now 8O !!)
What do U recommend?, my guess now is to shut the co2 down and wait till the nitrate and nitrite to fall, and see if the algae are still bothering, in the meanwhile im removing those clumps with a toothbrush and hoping not to take any drastic measure...
Thank U for your time
(a worried) Pedro
I would like some advice on a planted 55g tank that im installing, it has 60 W on lighting (a full spectrum and a gro lux) 12 h/day, a product from JBL under the gravel (with trace elements and the like), soily-like but with lots of fine sand (cant remember the name :? ).
Got 2 Corys and 4 ottos in there, Nitrite 0,7mg/L;nitrate 25 mg/L (its a bit high isnt it?), its running for a week and a half now.
The plants that i got there are some small crypts (C. parva and C. beckettii ''petchii'' ), Egeria densa, Valisneria americana, Cabomba caroliniana, Anubias barteri var. nana, Bacopa caroliniana, and one Echinodorus 'Ozelot' green, got another species that i couldnt identify.
They all are going great, lots of growth, side shoots, the works (oh, forgot to mention, also got Co2 DIY, that im thinking in shuting down).
Well, my problem is that in my submerged roots and in the highest plants (cabomba, vallisneria and egeria) , near the surface the hair algae is getting a bit, well, too big for my taste. Is this normal? some algae in these beginning times?( because of the Nitrate and nitrite are a bit of the chart).
Will the algae be subdued by the growing plants when the nitrate and nitrite falls down?
Should i desconnect the Co2 (well i already did that, but what is your oppinion)?
I'm getting a bit worried because i saw some posts and articles refering to people that had to strip their aqaurium down, wash everthing with bleach solutions and all that stuff (i'm pannicking now 8O !!)
What do U recommend?, my guess now is to shut the co2 down and wait till the nitrate and nitrite to fall, and see if the algae are still bothering, in the meanwhile im removing those clumps with a toothbrush and hoping not to take any drastic measure...
Thank U for your time
(a worried) Pedro