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newplants/ols plants
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I've upped my 400l tank's puny 2x36w lighting to 4x36 (with new reflectors. Couldn't get the tarnish off the old ones, oh well !). New plants have arrived today. So, do I remove the old ones with "some" algae on them, or keep them and hope with more light, "Flourish", "Excel", and the new plants, the algae on them will improve ? Usually I just toss them into the compost bin, but if I can revive them it would be good. TIA Peter |
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In article , 2pods wrote:
Hi all I've upped my 400l tank's puny 2x36w lighting to 4x36 (with new reflectors. Couldn't get the tarnish off the old ones, oh well !). New plants have arrived today. So, do I remove the old ones with "some" algae on them, or keep them and hope with more light, "Flourish", "Excel", and the new plants, the algae on them will improve ? If the only thing you're doing is adding more light you're likely to have more algae not less. Change water to shock the algae - it hates change. Fertilize properly. Use excel. While not officially an algicide it does hurt algae very very badly usually to the point of death. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... In article , 2pods wrote: Hi all I've upped my 400l tank's puny 2x36w lighting to 4x36 (with new reflectors. Couldn't get the tarnish off the old ones, oh well !). New plants have arrived today. So, do I remove the old ones with "some" algae on them, or keep them and hope with more light, "Flourish", "Excel", and the new plants, the algae on them will improve ? If the only thing you're doing is adding more light you're likely to have more algae not less. Change water to shock the algae - it hates change. Fertilize properly. Use excel. While not officially an algicide it does hurt algae very very badly usually to the point of death. But the plants Richard, Dump or not dump ? ;-) Peter |
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newplants/old plants
If the only thing you're doing is adding more light you're likely to
have more algae not less. Change water to shock the algae - it hates change. Fertilize properly. Use excel. While not officially an algicide it does hurt algae very very badly usually to the point of death. But the plants Richard, Dump or not dump ? ;-) Right, I've dumped the worst of the old plants. Currently I'm dosing using Seachem's recommended dosage i.e. Flourish twice a week and Excel 2 capfuls (for 400l) daily. 25% water change weekly. Is this enough to keep the algae down ? Peter |
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In article , 2pods wrote:
Right, I've dumped the worst of the old plants. You could always save tip cuttings, but whatever. Currently I'm dosing using Seachem's recommended dosage i.e. Flourish twice a week and Excel 2 capfuls (for 400l) daily. 25% water change weekly. Is this enough to keep the algae down ? Works for me. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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