Hi I'm Donetta and I'm new here. I'm hoping that I can get some guidance on adjusting my fertilizer routine.
My 10gal medium planted tank has been set up for 2 months with good success. I have live growing plants with some mild algae issues. Problem is this is a low tech tank that I've been running like a high tech tank with all this work. After reading though info on this site I think my program is over kill. Here's my set up
10 gal w/ 1 male Betta, 2- 10Watt CFLs, 10 hrs a day, eco-complete substrate topped w/ regular gravel, HOB filter - current slowed with sponges. I dose according to PPS method NPK daily, iron daily, flourish comp for micros, excel daily. Based on what I've read here I believe I can just dose Flourish Comp only. However, I need guidance of how much. Of course I can start off with the suggested amount 1X or 2X per week. But I know up front I always have a serious iron deficiency.
I went to a dose calculated site and calculated the PPS dose for Flourish comp for the daily minimums and thought I could just half that amount. However, my best thinking got my house looking like a full fledge chemist lab with all these chemicals, measuring instruments and dosing.
My goal is to make my daily routine as simple as possible with adding least as possible and for me to be able to see my Betta as much as possible. I had the lights on for 12 hours per day, but someone suggested to decrease and I did to 10. Seems like I have more algae now. I'd like to be back at 12 somehow.
My plants are Anubias nana, nana petite, Afzelii, Echinodorus Tropica sword, Undulated Crypt, moss ball, Wisteria, Anubias Coffecolia, floating pennywort, frog bit, floating Water sprite.
My algae issues: some diatoms, BBA sparingly, green mossy stuff on floating pennywort, tad of gsa. The algae is there, but not overrunning the tank yet.
Thank you!!
My 10gal medium planted tank has been set up for 2 months with good success. I have live growing plants with some mild algae issues. Problem is this is a low tech tank that I've been running like a high tech tank with all this work. After reading though info on this site I think my program is over kill. Here's my set up
10 gal w/ 1 male Betta, 2- 10Watt CFLs, 10 hrs a day, eco-complete substrate topped w/ regular gravel, HOB filter - current slowed with sponges. I dose according to PPS method NPK daily, iron daily, flourish comp for micros, excel daily. Based on what I've read here I believe I can just dose Flourish Comp only. However, I need guidance of how much. Of course I can start off with the suggested amount 1X or 2X per week. But I know up front I always have a serious iron deficiency.
I went to a dose calculated site and calculated the PPS dose for Flourish comp for the daily minimums and thought I could just half that amount. However, my best thinking got my house looking like a full fledge chemist lab with all these chemicals, measuring instruments and dosing.
My goal is to make my daily routine as simple as possible with adding least as possible and for me to be able to see my Betta as much as possible. I had the lights on for 12 hours per day, but someone suggested to decrease and I did to 10. Seems like I have more algae now. I'd like to be back at 12 somehow.
My plants are Anubias nana, nana petite, Afzelii, Echinodorus Tropica sword, Undulated Crypt, moss ball, Wisteria, Anubias Coffecolia, floating pennywort, frog bit, floating Water sprite.
My algae issues: some diatoms, BBA sparingly, green mossy stuff on floating pennywort, tad of gsa. The algae is there, but not overrunning the tank yet.
Thank you!!