FingersofFish
Fish Fanatic
Hi all,
Have a few questions to ask regarding ferts etc. etc.
As people who have read my posts before will know, i'm in the middle of a plant-in cycle, 70L tank.. looking to create a fairly heavily planted community aquarium. Lights are LEDs equivalent to 6 w/L and are on 7/8 hours daily.
As of the past couple of days, quite a few problems have arisen within my tank, Aggh! and as I'm inexperienced I don't really know what to do.
My plants appear to be dying/going brown and i'm pretty sure this will be due to lack of carbon/ferts. Also, I'm starting to get hair algae growth on mopani wood and some plants, along with diatoms covering pretty much everything in the tank! to add to my pain, i got home yesterday to find snails all over the glass, 3 to start with, removed 3, found more this morning.
So need a little help, Firstly I understand once a tank has snails it's impossible or near impossible to eradicate them, so what is the best way to control the population. Lettuce a few nights a weak and remove? Assassin snails
Secondly, I'm planning to use estimative index for ferts, but figure this will just give me more algae unless i sort the carbon levels out. What would be the best way of doing this on a budget? I currently have JBL Bio80 yeast based system but I don't think it's supplying sufficient carbon given the algae growth and plant death.
If anyone could give a me a list of things to look into, essential things to buy to ensure plant growth i'd be grateful.
Have a few questions to ask regarding ferts etc. etc.
As people who have read my posts before will know, i'm in the middle of a plant-in cycle, 70L tank.. looking to create a fairly heavily planted community aquarium. Lights are LEDs equivalent to 6 w/L and are on 7/8 hours daily.
As of the past couple of days, quite a few problems have arisen within my tank, Aggh! and as I'm inexperienced I don't really know what to do.
My plants appear to be dying/going brown and i'm pretty sure this will be due to lack of carbon/ferts. Also, I'm starting to get hair algae growth on mopani wood and some plants, along with diatoms covering pretty much everything in the tank! to add to my pain, i got home yesterday to find snails all over the glass, 3 to start with, removed 3, found more this morning.
So need a little help, Firstly I understand once a tank has snails it's impossible or near impossible to eradicate them, so what is the best way to control the population. Lettuce a few nights a weak and remove? Assassin snails
Secondly, I'm planning to use estimative index for ferts, but figure this will just give me more algae unless i sort the carbon levels out. What would be the best way of doing this on a budget? I currently have JBL Bio80 yeast based system but I don't think it's supplying sufficient carbon given the algae growth and plant death.
If anyone could give a me a list of things to look into, essential things to buy to ensure plant growth i'd be grateful.