Plants not growing healthy and algae

[cooljazz]

Hi guys,
I'm a newbie...but struggling with my aquascape.
Problems:
1.The plants not growing healthy. Inside my tank I have HC, Hair Grass, Java Fern, Vallisneria Nana.
2.Algae attack. What kind of algae is this and how minimize the growing.

My spec:
Aquarium : 60 x 30 x 25
Light : 1 x 30 w ( T8 )
Substrate : JBL Aquabasis plus
Temp : 27 c
CO2 : 3 bubbles per second

For the Fert:
A.10 tsp KNO3 mix with 500 ml water
B.5 tsp KH2P04 mix with 500 ml water
C.Seachem Flourish 5 ml
D.Seachem Iron 1.5 ml

Dosing:
A & B about 5 ml - 3x per week
C & D - 2x per week

Thank you all

[cooljazz]

some typo and additional info:
My spec:
Aquarium : 60 x 30 x 25
Light : 1 x 30 w ( T8 )
Substrate : JBL Aquabasis plus
Temp : 27 c
CO2 : 3 bubbles per second

For the Fert:
A.10 tsp KNO3 mix with 500 ml water (not air)
B.5 tsp KH2P04 mix with 500 ml water (not air)
C.Seachem Flourish 5 ml
D.Seachem Iron 1.5 ml

Dosing:
A & B about 5 ml each - 3x per week
C & D - 2x per week

[berlinjs]

Does your algea looks like cotton? If yes l also have this on my bogwood but no solution. Any bros/sis can help?

[cooljazz]

Anybody knows what type of algae is this and how the tank got it?
Help very appreciated.

[cooljazz]

Hi all the masters,
I'm a newbie...but struggling with my aquascape.
Problems:
1.The plants not growing healthy. Inside my tank I have HC, Hair Grass, Java Fern, Vallisneria Nana.
2.Algae attack. What kind of algae is this and how minimize the growing.

My spec:
Aquarium : 60 x 30 x 25
Light : 1 x 30 w ( T8 )
Substrate : JBL Aquabasis plus
Temp : 27 c
CO2 : 3 bubbles per second

For the Fert:
A.10 tsp KNO3 mix with 500 ml water
B.5 tsp KH2P04 mix with 500 ml water
C.Seachem Flourish 5 ml
D.Seachem Iron 1.5 ml

Dosing:
A & B about 5 ml - 3x per week
C & D - 2x per week

Thank you all

[jiajuen900]

Hi, this may be of some help
1) If im not wrong from my list of algae... It resembles black brush algae the most. This is unsually induces by poor co2, nitrates and phosphates.

2) In your case, phosphates and nitrate seem fine. But it may be circulation. Try to ensure you get good circulation around the tank to get the nutrients and co2 to be evenly spread out. Poor circulation, and you may have bling spots.

3) Co2. Co2 level may be insufficient. Bps is not exact, it is a rough guide like wpg. Try getting drop checker or if your ph is not affected by soil etc.. Use the ph chart to measure ppm.

4) How often do you do water changes and how much?

5) also, you can try planting more densly.

Just curious How did you get KNo3 ?

Hope this helps Even though im not one of the master yet

[Reforma]

It's BBA ( Black Brush Algae ) , i had some in one of my tank w/o C02, and spot treated excel. It works. But with the pictures of yours, you should manually remove most of them 1st.

[cooljazz]

How to prevent this algae in the future? I'm thinking of rebuilding my tank.

[jiajuen900]

If think you should not rescape. You should learn how to ressolve the mistake by understanding root of the problems if not it may not succeed again since this is your third try.

[bugeyed]

It's BBA infestation - CO2 problem.
How are you diffusing your CO2? Fed direct to filter intake?

[Jimmy]

the pictures remind me of what i saw in PS! haha

[felix_fx2]

Hi bro, Excel dose (spot treatment) or H2O2(Click here)

I see a thing that might help, change to better lighting if your dosing ferts that way.
I too started with 30W T8. It does not reach down all the way and you may find plants that need higher light growing in a manner such as light green and reaching up fast. (examples rotalla family)

The 1st plant in the picture is a JAVA fern or Crypt family?
2nd picture plants glossostigma and ??? (sorry i can't see well)

P.S: anyone have a link to another thread where similar thing happen, please post.

[bugeyed]

Fix the CO2 first - make sure it's diffusing properly...

[blue33]

If this is a new setup, then you might want to stop using Seachem iron first until your tank is mature, sort out your CO2 as it might not diffuse well, lighting is not compatible(possible use T5 for better penetration), plant mass is too little(any full screen shot will be great). What filter you using?

[rainforest]

You are doing too much Seachem in my opinion.

The tank's dimension spells about 45 liters, water column at best is 36.
Dosing direction for Flourish is "5ml per 250L once or twice per week", the amount you put in is 5 to 10 times more than recommended.

br,
eric

[cooljazz]

Hi All,
Thank you for the positive and helpful responses. It brings my confidence level up again in doing the aquascape

I do use the reactor to diffuse the CO2.
Does the T5 and T8 make a lot of different.
Probably I will change my light and at the same time try to remove the algae using H2O2

jiajuen900, I will try to fix my tank instead of rebuild it. Thanks for you positive support.

felix_fx2, during the H2O2 treatment, should I remove all my fishes from the tank?

Thank you all.

[cooljazz]

Adrian,
I am using eheim classic. I will take a full picture later on during the day. And post it back.
How different the T5 vs T8?
Thank you Adrian.

[blue33]

How different the T5 vs T8?
T5 is about 1-2 times brighter than T8, T8 more for keeping fish only, but i see alot of people using T5 to keep fish to get vibrant colour of their fish also.

[Jimmy]

what about PL lights?

[blue33]

PL light is too warm.

Range of lighting heat -> T8/LED -> T5 -> PL -> MH(hottest)

Note: different brand of transformer on same type lighting produce different heat also.