Hey guys and gals,
i need some advice here. I live in the NE usa and we just had a substantial ice storm- around 1/2-3/4 inch of ice on everything. Some serious structural damage to power lines from uncountable downed trees and limbs. i was out of power for 83 hours (who's counting). increadibly, not ONE of my fish died in the ordeal. but now my tanks are a mess so im seeking some planty advice!
i have a 6 gal unfiltered planted tank w/ diy co2 that recently (last three weeks) underwent a MAJOR rescape. Reduced plant load by, id say, at least 50% and changed to sand from gravel. i currently have(had) beautiful healthy annacharis, wisteria, red ludwigia tops, two med. morimo balls, and a nice spindly crypt. tank inhabitants are one 2" red VT betta one cory peppered cory (i know he needs company
) and some pond snails (lost a few over the weekend). i now have a HUGE outbreak of BGA. how do i get rid of this affectively.
my last planted attempt (with all of my current plants/inhabitants) suffered a major algae outbreak (BBA, hair, spirogyra AND gs) which i think was due to unstable co2 which i sorted out with a SCRUB over when i changed substrates, and chlorine(bleach) dips of my plnts before rescape. upped my dosing to 5ml/day, remix every 10 days and 30%w/c 2x/wk following rescape with beautiful results(=no algae until power went out...around 3 weeks)...up till now, lights on for 12 hours/day.
during the power outtage, i HAD to pull my CO2 line from the tank for safety of my fish. i also stopped dosing, figuring the plants werent doing much anyway without light and didnt want to give algae the competative edge, so to speak.
what should i do to save my plants (and wonderfully stable filterless tank)
id absolutely hate to start over (ive just used cuttings since i set it up over 6 mo ago).
should i bleach dip+ OD on ferts? macro and micro?
ANY and all advice welcome....it is early (late) for me so if i missed any relavent info let me know. i truely appreciate any and all help.
CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!
i need some advice here. I live in the NE usa and we just had a substantial ice storm- around 1/2-3/4 inch of ice on everything. Some serious structural damage to power lines from uncountable downed trees and limbs. i was out of power for 83 hours (who's counting). increadibly, not ONE of my fish died in the ordeal. but now my tanks are a mess so im seeking some planty advice!
i have a 6 gal unfiltered planted tank w/ diy co2 that recently (last three weeks) underwent a MAJOR rescape. Reduced plant load by, id say, at least 50% and changed to sand from gravel. i currently have(had) beautiful healthy annacharis, wisteria, red ludwigia tops, two med. morimo balls, and a nice spindly crypt. tank inhabitants are one 2" red VT betta one cory peppered cory (i know he needs company
) and some pond snails (lost a few over the weekend). i now have a HUGE outbreak of BGA. how do i get rid of this affectively. my last planted attempt (with all of my current plants/inhabitants) suffered a major algae outbreak (BBA, hair, spirogyra AND gs) which i think was due to unstable co2 which i sorted out with a SCRUB over when i changed substrates, and chlorine(bleach) dips of my plnts before rescape. upped my dosing to 5ml/day, remix every 10 days and 30%w/c 2x/wk following rescape with beautiful results(=no algae until power went out...around 3 weeks)...up till now, lights on for 12 hours/day.
during the power outtage, i HAD to pull my CO2 line from the tank for safety of my fish. i also stopped dosing, figuring the plants werent doing much anyway without light and didnt want to give algae the competative edge, so to speak.
what should i do to save my plants (and wonderfully stable filterless tank)
id absolutely hate to start over (ive just used cuttings since i set it up over 6 mo ago).should i bleach dip+ OD on ferts? macro and micro?
ANY and all advice welcome....it is early (late) for me so if i missed any relavent info let me know. i truely appreciate any and all help.
CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!
