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Green stringy algae and what to do about it
I did some testing for the first time in a long time last night. As you
(plural) suspected, My Nitrates and Phosphates were high - Nitrates = 22 ppm and PO4 1+ ppm. I do weekly water changes of 25-30%. That's not so bad. Remember, your plants need some nitrate and phosphate in the water. However, I would expect nitrate to be under 20ppm if you're changing 30% a week. Is your tank heavily stocked? Or maybe there's nitate in the tapwater? I wouldn't use chemical removers. And I wouldn't worry about that level of phosphate. A lot of people blame phosphate for algae problems, but I have 40 ppm of phosphate in my tapwater, and no algae problems, in planted or unplanted tanks. I have 4x40 watt flourescents on my 55 gal tank and I inject CO2 (if that matters). What are your CO2 levels? Do you know your pH and KH? Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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