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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT - links to black soot algae = Gill = pics
"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... But what will stop it from coming right back when I go back to twice a month? I'm not sure what "cloating" plants are but this tank has a lot of live plants that are fertilized weekly with Flourish or another aquarium plant fertilizer. It aint workin for ya. Diatoms (under low light) and algae (in the presence of sufficient light) always form is there is consistanly more ammonia than plant food. Your fertilizers aren't working for you and if you add more light you'll have green instead of brown algae. If it were me I'd do exactly as Tom Barr would suggest: change 80% of the water for two days then use his "Estimative index" method to fertilize; part of this is a weekly 50% water change. Some fish shit a lot, period, and they either need a way biger tank or more water changed. That is what works for a dozen pencilfish will not work for a 3" puffer. Remove all the fish and add say a dozen shrimp and you'll never have this problem again due tot he reduced bioload. I understand what you're saying and will try to make a few major water changes this week. You could add WAY more plants, too. Well fed they'll consume ammonia. That's part of the problem as well. Elodea and hornwart always thrived for me but for the last few months these plants aren't doing well in any of my tanks. The hornwart, usually taking over as it grew so fast, is barely alive. It used to grow 6' long and be nice and bushy. Elodea would grow into thick tangles. Nothing's changed so I don't know what's causing them to fail. Even vals, a noxious weed in most tanks isn't thriving in this one tank with the diatoms/black algae. The Java moss is hanging on but not growing. Only the Amazon swords seem to do OK but I can't afford to buy a load of them because they're so expensive. Consider rigging an authmatic water draininge or changing system. You hit an NTS wall without one at some smal number of tanks. That's not possible as these tanks are in the sun-fishroom and not in a basement. It's also cost prohibitive. What is an NST wall? Step one: rent, buy, beg, borrow or steal a glass drill. Step one is to win the lottery ........ :-)) -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT - links to black soot algae = Gill = pics
In article , Koi-lo Do Not Reply wrote:
That's part of the problem as well. Elodea and hornwart always thrived for me but for the last few months these plants aren't doing well in any of my They're starving to death. Feed them. Nitrates and phospahtes and K, oh my! -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT - links to black soot algae = Gill = pics
"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... In article , Koi-lo Do Not Reply wrote: That's part of the problem as well. Elodea and hornwart always thrived for me but for the last few months these plants aren't doing well in any of my They're starving to death. Feed them. Nitrates and phospahtes and K, oh my! ================================================ I am feeding them. I'm using Flourish and Flourish with Iron plus two other products. It's not making much difference. Nitrates? I have a reading in that tank of 20 ppm nitrate all the time. I stays pretty stable. The fertilizers supposed to contain P&K. I'm not doing anything different than I've done in the past. I can't see why these plants are no longer thriving. The other tests showed: Hardness: 300ppm Alkalinity: 300ppm PH: 7.8 -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT - links to black soot algae = Gill = pics
In article , Koi-lo Do Not Reply wrote:
They're starving to death. Feed them. Nitrates and phospahtes and K, oh my! =============================================== = I am feeding them. I'm using Flourish and Flourish with Iron plus two other products. It's not making much difference. Nitrates? I have a reading in that tank of 20 ppm nitrate all the time. I stays pretty stable. The fertilizers supposed to contain P&K. I'm not doing anything different than I've done in the past. I can't see why these plants are no longer thriving. The other tests showed: Hardness: 300ppm Alkalinity: 300ppm PH: 7.8 Well, you could measure a dozen or two levels of various things or you could just change enough water so you don't have to. Either not enough of a certain nutrient or too much of some waste is almost certainly your problem. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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