Underwurlde
Always look on the bright side of life..
You can get internal UV sterilizers from ebay for about £23 and yes they are expensive.
Lighting is a topic in itself. I would knock it down for now, even if you add more plants because plants are not as light hungry as algae is to grow - once the plants take over, up the lighting. Do a MASSIVE water change prior to adding new plants - as this will make planting easier anyway and clear out some of that bloom. An initial reduced lighting regime should hold the algae at bay until the plants establsih (roots are not as important because you are dosing directly into the water column and is the most efficient source of ferts for plants anyway).
Lighting info:
http
/www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.html
http/www.thekrib.com/Plants/Tech/Lighting/
http/woo.gotdns.com/Aquarium/Lighting.htm
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=96754
http/www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/plant_care.html
http/users.frii.com/gbooth/AquaticConcep...FM_Lighting.htm
http/www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2637/spectra.html
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=177126
http/www.lightbulbs-direct.com/article_v...asp?ArticleID=7
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=178790
^^^ sorry about that, just a copy & paste of some useful sources I have found.
Andy
Lighting is a topic in itself. I would knock it down for now, even if you add more plants because plants are not as light hungry as algae is to grow - once the plants take over, up the lighting. Do a MASSIVE water change prior to adding new plants - as this will make planting easier anyway and clear out some of that bloom. An initial reduced lighting regime should hold the algae at bay until the plants establsih (roots are not as important because you are dosing directly into the water column and is the most efficient source of ferts for plants anyway).
Lighting info:
http
/www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.htmlhttp
/www.thekrib.com/Plants/Tech/Lighting/http
/woo.gotdns.com/Aquarium/Lighting.htmhttp
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=96754http
/www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/plant_care.htmlhttp
/users.frii.com/gbooth/AquaticConcep...FM_Lighting.htmhttp
/www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2637/spectra.htmlhttp
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=177126http
/www.lightbulbs-direct.com/article_v...asp?ArticleID=7http
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=178790^^^ sorry about that, just a copy & paste of some useful sources I have found.
Andy
