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SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:49 pm
by krishvijay
HI Brothers,
i have algae on my tenellus grass, crypt and drift wood, atleast i can see two types of algae i guess?
what kind of algae are they?
how to get rid of them?
Tank specs are 110 litres,31*14*17
72 watts,api co2 booster daily 2.5ml,jbl npk 2.5 ml thrice a week,
i am doing 40% water changes once in ten days.
please help.
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:04 am
by SCORPIO
How old is your setup?
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:41 am
by sreepadma
I see two kinds, Green spot and Brown dust ( Diatom).
Green Spot - Do 50% WC and double your P
Diatom - Regular water changes and introduce otos.
You need to check your dosing to see if there is adequate N ( 20 - 30 pmm) P ( 1 to 3 ppm) K ( 20-30 ppm) and Fe ( 1 ppm)
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:55 pm
by krishvijay
SCORPIO wrote:How old is your setup?
Sir ,it's an one year old fish only setup turned into planted one six months back...almost from the beginning I'm having that brown algae on my plants,glass,decors and everything...even I had those on my plastic plants help please.
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:16 pm
by krishvijay
sreepadma wrote:I see two kinds, Green spot and Brown dust ( Diatom).
Green Spot - Do 50% WC and double your P
Diatom - Regular water changes and introduce otos.
You need to check your dosing to see if there is adequate N ( 20 - 30 pmm) P ( 1 to 3 ppm) K ( 20-30 ppm) and Fe ( 1 ppm)
Thank you sreepadma.
Since I'm having jbl NPK combined can I double the dosage?
I introduced two otos but they died any other means please.
Please tell me how to check my dosing.
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:52 am
by sreepadma
I am not sure about JBL NPK combined as i have not used them. Did you not get a dosing guide with it? Gradually raise your dosing @ .5 ml and see how the plants respond.
Regards
Vince
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:37 pm
by krishvijay
sreepadma wrote:I am not sure about JBL NPK combined as i have not used them. Did you not get a dosing guide with it? Gradually raise your dosing @ .5 ml and see how the plants respond.
Regards
Vince
Ok I will try that..
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:49 pm
by parthapratim22
You don't have enough plants in this old setup.
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:16 pm
by krishvijay
parthapratim22 wrote:You don't have enough plants in this old setup.
Hi partha.
I didn't plant more plants because I was apprehensive that it will shadow the smaller plants
Am I wrong, should I plant more plants?
Thank you,
Krishna.
Re: SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:03 pm
by parthapratim22
Try to find out how we should plant, how much gap we need to keep between plants, what's the grouping style for plantation. You definitely need more more plants.