Jaymz
Fish Fanatic
Heyhey all, I'm back with another long-winded question .
So I've got my new Venezia 190 set up, moved all my fish and plants over (Running one mature and one maturing filter) about two/three weeks ago. I'm using TetraPlant Complete Subs, 2 DIY C02 reactors with a Spiro 3000 diffusor, and 2x24W PowerGlo tubes.
I'm not at home at the moment, (Uni), but will be back in two weeks for the Christmas season, so any advice will have to be passed on by me to my Dad. Just so you know.
Anyway, I'm getting reports of green spots of algae on the plants, glass and diffusor, and apparently the plants I have aren't doing ''too well'' (For now only 2 Java Ferns and one similar plant which I've forgotten the name of)
Now could the suffering plants be due to the fact they've been moved around a lot recently during my tank movement, thus their slower growth allowing algae to take over? Or am I doing something wrong with the lighting/c02/ferts? (Proftio, 10ml twice a week)
Would I be right in saying I should stop injecting C02 with my 1WPG (Correct?) setup? Or would more plants help supress it? Or perhaps changing the lights? (I hear PowerGlo are intensive with the blue part of the spectrum, which isn't good when it coms to algae)
Any help is welcome and I'll answer anything you need to know, sorry about rambling, I tend to do that.
Many thanks.
So I've got my new Venezia 190 set up, moved all my fish and plants over (Running one mature and one maturing filter) about two/three weeks ago. I'm using TetraPlant Complete Subs, 2 DIY C02 reactors with a Spiro 3000 diffusor, and 2x24W PowerGlo tubes.
I'm not at home at the moment, (Uni), but will be back in two weeks for the Christmas season, so any advice will have to be passed on by me to my Dad. Just so you know.
Anyway, I'm getting reports of green spots of algae on the plants, glass and diffusor, and apparently the plants I have aren't doing ''too well'' (For now only 2 Java Ferns and one similar plant which I've forgotten the name of)
Now could the suffering plants be due to the fact they've been moved around a lot recently during my tank movement, thus their slower growth allowing algae to take over? Or am I doing something wrong with the lighting/c02/ferts? (Proftio, 10ml twice a week)
Would I be right in saying I should stop injecting C02 with my 1WPG (Correct?) setup? Or would more plants help supress it? Or perhaps changing the lights? (I hear PowerGlo are intensive with the blue part of the spectrum, which isn't good when it coms to algae)
Any help is welcome and I'll answer anything you need to know, sorry about rambling, I tend to do that.
Many thanks.