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Nearly half a year ago I upgraded to 4 wpg (yah I know, holy crap am I
nuts?) I noticed an increase of algae proliferation. Mostly it (green hard algae) starts to collect on the glass on the front (Probably because now I have one of the bulbs closer to the front). My anubias MUST hide under other plants to grow without algae because of the high lighting. One bush of plants I have been cropping a lot of leaves off that have spot algae. I know 4wpg is a huge challenge to maintain a balanced aquarium but...any suggestions? Specs: - 15 gallon wide (12" high) - approx. 24-28ppm C02 - Fertilizing 1/8 tsp (0.6ml) KNO3 every other day and 3/4 tsp (3.6ml) of traces on the off-days (I stopped doing P...but should I start?) - Perform a 50% water change every week (scrape glass, remove algae infested leaves) - 3 SAEs, 4 otosinclus, 8 harlequin rasboras, some clowns & cats - 12 hrs/day of 4wpg light with acrylic mirrored reflector (three 24" bulbs spaced evenly) - huge amount of plant proliferation, lots of fast growing hygrophila polysperma, hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig', rotala indica, ludwigia repens (extremely red, really no green on this plant...possibly a sign that I need more nitrate?...after the light increase this reddened immensely), lush and fast growing java fern, hidden anubias growing on driftwood (did much better when I had 2.66 wpg), a huge forest of crypt that sprouts everywhere!, bacopa australis that is getting algae on lots of the leaves but growing fast. Opinions? Thanx!! Dave ![]() |
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