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BBA is almost always associated with lack of carbon (CO2) unless you have a very heavy bioload (you get other algae in that case as well). If you use CO2, use it well.Originally Posted by sonique
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Peter Gwee
does the amount of watts contribute to the growth of algae such as hair and BBA??
currently i'm growing some moss but looks like hair algae and BBA is starting to break loose...i'm using 36W PL tube...i'm tinking of downgrading to 20 something watts PL tube....is this gonna b a gd 1st step to eliminate or reduce the growth of algae? i understand tat many other factors contribute to the outbreak but i'm looking at the root of the problem first....
BBA is almost always associated with lack of carbon (CO2) unless you have a very heavy bioload (you get other algae in that case as well). If you use CO2, use it well.
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Peter Gwee
I should be working not posting
hmmm,
excess light and prolonged photoperiod then excess nh3/nh4 that your plants filter can't eat/absorb in time, then lack of essential/trace nutrients/co2 for your plants to grow to absorb nh3/nh4.
howzat peter? right or wrong?
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It could be several factors. Untimately a tank of difficult-to-grow plants will end up with many algae issues. Did you have low temp for your moss tank? Try to bring down your temp to 27 deg C or less. Control your fertilization dosage. Shorten your light period for a start up. Remove all the hair algae that you can. Throw away moss that are affected.
colin | The Wilderness and Forest | FTS
my moss tank has low temp..on avg, lower than 27C...
why i suspect the lightings is becoz the plants and moss that receives direct light is affected but those that receives less or indirect light is less or not at all affected....i've reduced the lighting hrs frm 8hrs to 6hrs per day....lets see if it helps....i'm still considering to bring down the wattage from 36 to mayb 24(if there is one in the market)....
How big is your tank? Mine is a 2 ft tank by Five Plan. I use 36W PL. However, my plants are fast grower with low tech, no CO2.
colin | The Wilderness and Forest | FTS
mine is oso 2ft, but the slow growers(nana petite) are affected quite badly with bba..whereas valis sp. has some hair algae on it...
i've been dosing seachem excel, seems like being able to control the growth of bba but has yet to get rid of it totally...
I had similar problem of BBA growing on my moss. I thrown the infected ones away and prune all I can prune. Added fast grower-plants. Stop all liquid fert. dosing. My non-CO2 fertilized tank was free of BBA after six months. I guess the tank goes into equilibrium. However, my stem plants were not doing well. old leaves dropped off. I began to add LGA slowly. One drop of LGA a week and observe for improvement. Now I am at 4 drops at 2 doses per week. Water change @ 3 weeks interval. The tank is doing great in my opinion.
colin | The Wilderness and Forest | FTS
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