Fenrir Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Need some help and sorry for the extended story: I currently run a tank with the following 10 crypt wendettii, 15ish clumps of val, 2 small sword plants 6 small anubias nana petite clumps, 1 struggling bolbitus heuduloti, 4 struggling Java fern, 1 small clump of hydrocoytle tripartia, 2 clumps of struggling Montecarlo, 1 small red tiger lotus, and finally 4 small water lettuce bunches. The tank is a 40 gallon breeder that is used as a grow out tank for my 2 polypterus, my pair of angels, pair of kribs and 2 siamese algae eaters. The fish will be going into a 210 gallon once it's been set-up. The lighting is a 48 inch fluval 3.0 with the attached image. The fertilization schedule is Sunday and Friday 8 pumps of easy green and 2 caps of api leaf zone. And Wednesday 4 pumps of easy green. And I run a tetra whisper 75HOB. With all of that my Nitrates consistently read at 0ppm! And battling bba and brown diatom algae constantly. I know that the balance is off because of my Nitrates levels but I have no clue how to fix it. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 imo bba's prime contributor is light. i would cut back on the amount or intensity of the light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Agree with lefty. There is a thread that different forum members have posted what there lighting schedule looks like. You could copy one of there lighting scehdules and see if that works: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenrir Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) I get that bit is the intensity really that strong with a fluval though. I've had the bba problem even before the fluval 3.0 when I was using tubes. Nitrates still read as 0. Edited February 23, 2021 by Fenrir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, Fenrir said: I get that bit is the intensity really that strong with a fluval though. I've had the bba problem even before the fluval 3.0 when I was using tubes. Nitrates still read as 0. Because your ntirates are so low, its probably the light that is inbalanced. You could also try to do a massive waterchange and leave the lights out for a couple days, it really helped with me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenrir Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, James Black said: Because your ntirates are so low, its probably the light that is inbalanced. You could also try to do a massive waterchange and leave the lights out for a couple days, it really helped with me. Do you run w/o co2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, Fenrir said: Do you run w/o co2? no co2. All my tanks are all low tech planted tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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