Title: Help,what is my problem?(photo)
ferdyconde - January 4, 2007 11:12 PM (GMT)
I have a 120l aquarium:
90w light
ph 7
gh 10º
no3 10 mg/l
co2:30mg/l
i have subtract,filter with clean-water.
suplement:Flourish (k2O 0,37%,CA 0,14%,MG 0,11%,
S 0,27%,CL 1,15%,FE 0,32% Y NA 0,13% ...).
90w light
ph 7
gh 10º
no3 10 mg/l
co2:30mg/l
i have subtract,filter with clean-water.
suplement:Flourish (k2O 0,37%,CA 0,14%,MG 0,11%,
S 0,27%,CL 1,15%,FE 0,32% Y NA 0,13% ...).
Snowy - January 5, 2007 01:47 PM (GMT)
I'd guess it's because of a low watt rate. Or maybe algae is killing them, I honestly am not sure on this. Maybe if you list the plants and fish in the tank it would be easier.
edit: It looks like tape grass. If it is in fact tape grass I'm pretty sure it's the wattage. My tape grass only thrives in medium-high wattage rates.
edit: It looks like tape grass. If it is in fact tape grass I'm pretty sure it's the wattage. My tape grass only thrives in medium-high wattage rates.
susankatomerit - January 6, 2007 04:18 PM (GMT)
Your wattage is too low. Almost to low for the low light plants. I would at least add another 90 watts to the lighting and it should help. With the wattage so low the plants can't compete with the algae so it will take over the tank, with higher wattage the plants will grow faster and compete better.
FBG - January 6, 2007 04:41 PM (GMT)
i thought 120l was about 32 gallons? if so, thats about 3 WPG.....i only have 1.3 on a 50 gallon, and all my plants are flourishing, and i don't have CO2....
i am not sure what the problem is....besides it is some sort of algae, and, it could eventually kill your plants.....though, all algae has the potential to kill your plants....:whistle:
i am not sure what the problem is....besides it is some sort of algae, and, it could eventually kill your plants.....though, all algae has the potential to kill your plants....:whistle:
susankatomerit - January 7, 2007 06:54 AM (GMT)
i thought 120l was about 32 gallons? if so, thats about 3 WPG.....i only have 1.3 on a 50 gallon, and all my plants are flourishing, and i don't have CO2...[/QUOTE]
Thats true, but a 32 gal is usually a tall tank which requires a higher wattage and faster growing plants to keep the algae at bay. I have 40 watts over a 10 gal giving me 4 watts per gal. but with a smaller tank, the wattage has to be figured differently.
With the plants listed that are basically slow growers and dosing ferts, a higher wattage is needed. Also some faster growing plants will help compete for the nutrients instead of the algae feeding on it. It also looks like most of the plants are root feeders and need a substrate fert put into the substrate, Flourish is basically a fert for plants that feed from the water column so the algae is getting all the nutrition it needs to grow in the tank.
Here is an example. This tank had lots of algae until I added fast growers and dose with subtrate ferts and flourish. Look at it now. It has 280 watts over the 75 gal.
Thats true, but a 32 gal is usually a tall tank which requires a higher wattage and faster growing plants to keep the algae at bay. I have 40 watts over a 10 gal giving me 4 watts per gal. but with a smaller tank, the wattage has to be figured differently.
With the plants listed that are basically slow growers and dosing ferts, a higher wattage is needed. Also some faster growing plants will help compete for the nutrients instead of the algae feeding on it. It also looks like most of the plants are root feeders and need a substrate fert put into the substrate, Flourish is basically a fert for plants that feed from the water column so the algae is getting all the nutrition it needs to grow in the tank.
Here is an example. This tank had lots of algae until I added fast growers and dose with subtrate ferts and flourish. Look at it now. It has 280 watts over the 75 gal.