SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!

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SOS ALGAE PROBLEM!

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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.
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How old is your setup?
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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Ok I will try that.. :)
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You don't have enough plants in this old setup.
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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?
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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.
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