help!! Alga Attack

[planter]

Tank Dimensions (LxWxH): 4x1.5x1.5
Lighting Intensity(No of Watts) : 200Watts
Type of Lighting (FL/PL/MH) : 3xFL(30watt Each) & 1xPL (2x55watt)
No. of Hours your light is on: 10hrs
CO2 Injection Rate (bps) : 2bps
Type of CO2 (DIY/Liquid/Tank) : Tank
Method of Injection (e.g. Diffusor/Reactor): Reactor
Substrate Used : Sera base fert
How Thick is your base fert : 1++cm
How thick is your gravel : 4-5 cm
Liquid Fertilizers Used : NA
Frequency of fertilization : NA
Tank Temperature : 26-28
Type of Filter (overhead/internal/canister) : canister
Filter media used : Biohome
How long has your tank been set up : 6mths++


Chemical Properties (Fill what you can)
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Carbonate Hardness (kh): 3dkh
Total Hardness (gH):
PH :
NH4 (ppm):
NO2 (ppm):
NO3 (ppm):
PO4 (ppm):
Fe (ppm):

Bioload (Your Fish and Plants)
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80 neon T, 8 Rummy nose, 2oto, 2 yamato.
Describe your problem :
Alga attack, all lind of alga..hair, bba, green.. etc etc
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[Desewer]

What plants do you keep inside?

[CT]

wat is the pH of your tank?

[geoffrey]

Planter,

First, check on your CO2 and make sure it is within acceptable range. Do that by measuring your pH and KH. Read here for more info.

Second, consider fertilising now. I'm sure some nutrients have depleted by now after 6 months. Read here to begin.

[planter]

Thanks for the advice, will get a ph test kit tomolo. will update the ph reading tomolo nite.

[planter]

Thanks for all the advise. My tank now turn out to be a nightmare. Any advise for rescaping my whole tank? will this help?

[bclee]

[quote:aca5f28d58="planter"]Thanks for all the advise. My tank now turn out to be a nightmare. Any advise for rescaping my whole tank? will this help? [/quote:aca5f28d58]

My advice is to start off with lower lighting. It is much easier. Use 120W to 160W for a start. When you get the hand of things, then you pump up the lighting level.

BC

[planter]

Thanks for all the advise. just to update, i have remove all my plants and bleach my gravel. Now its time to rescape..heehee

[juggler]

That's quite a drastic action of bleaching. Remember to wash clean.

BTW - in your tank info:

> Liquid Fertilizers Used : NA
> Frequency of fertilization : NA

Really? You could have tried some fertiliser at least with your high light and high-CO2 environment.

Anyway, good luck in your new setup.