Hi everyone,
I have a few questions regarding hair algae, the necessity of ammonia remover in a planted tank and a melted crypt that refuses to regrow.
Firstly, for the past month, I have been furiously battling dark green hair like algae growing all over my swords and spirilis crypt. As suggested in another thread, I decreased my lighting from 10 hours to 9 and blocked excess light entering the tank from the windows it sits next to (I know it wasn't the best location) but it is still a much larger issue than I would like. I also seem to have a fuzz like algae growing on my rocks, driftwood, and some plant leaves and stems. I fertilize 2x weekly with flourish comprehensive.
My second question revolves around Amquel ammonia remover. I started to use it as a water conditioner when I detected trace levels of ammonia in my tap water. Other than fertilizer this is all I add as I am using well water without chlorine and presumably no heavy metals as it passes through a softener. However, after I started to use it, my plants did not seem to be growing as quickly and my hornwort began dying off. I started to fertilize twice a week with better results (but not much hornwort) but am starting to wonder if the amquel is even necessary. My ammonia reading is consistently .25ppm using the API master kit.
Finally, I have a bronze wendtii crypt that has stubbornly remained half melted for at least a month. Is that normal, temperamental crypt behavior?
Thank you all and I'm sorry for the marathon length post!
I have a few questions regarding hair algae, the necessity of ammonia remover in a planted tank and a melted crypt that refuses to regrow.
Firstly, for the past month, I have been furiously battling dark green hair like algae growing all over my swords and spirilis crypt. As suggested in another thread, I decreased my lighting from 10 hours to 9 and blocked excess light entering the tank from the windows it sits next to (I know it wasn't the best location) but it is still a much larger issue than I would like. I also seem to have a fuzz like algae growing on my rocks, driftwood, and some plant leaves and stems. I fertilize 2x weekly with flourish comprehensive.
My second question revolves around Amquel ammonia remover. I started to use it as a water conditioner when I detected trace levels of ammonia in my tap water. Other than fertilizer this is all I add as I am using well water without chlorine and presumably no heavy metals as it passes through a softener. However, after I started to use it, my plants did not seem to be growing as quickly and my hornwort began dying off. I started to fertilize twice a week with better results (but not much hornwort) but am starting to wonder if the amquel is even necessary. My ammonia reading is consistently .25ppm using the API master kit.
Finally, I have a bronze wendtii crypt that has stubbornly remained half melted for at least a month. Is that normal, temperamental crypt behavior?
Thank you all and I'm sorry for the marathon length post!