My tank is 18 inches deep, with my lights 2 foot above the substrate.
I have been struggling to grow my Eleocharis parvula for several months - it looses all colour and does not grow! Yet everything else was SHOOTING up to the surface of the tank at a great rate!!
I had 2 54W T5 tubes and was dosing EI.
I spoke to The Green Machine who suggested that my lights were just not hitting the substrate, so i could try doubling my light.
So i now have A LOT of light, with 4x54W tubes (my tank is a 360L). The Parvula is growing!!! YAY! Finally seeing green shoots which is fantastic - light was clearly the answer.
HOWEVER, i now have a MASS of algae! In the last week it has grown over all my rocks etc. CO2 is as high as i can put it, as is my flow.
Any solutions? I am thinking some zebra snails. How many could i get in my 360L? I hear they do a great job.....
I have been struggling to grow my Eleocharis parvula for several months - it looses all colour and does not grow! Yet everything else was SHOOTING up to the surface of the tank at a great rate!!
I had 2 54W T5 tubes and was dosing EI.
I spoke to The Green Machine who suggested that my lights were just not hitting the substrate, so i could try doubling my light.
So i now have A LOT of light, with 4x54W tubes (my tank is a 360L). The Parvula is growing!!! YAY! Finally seeing green shoots which is fantastic - light was clearly the answer.
HOWEVER, i now have a MASS of algae! In the last week it has grown over all my rocks etc. CO2 is as high as i can put it, as is my flow.
Any solutions? I am thinking some zebra snails. How many could i get in my 360L? I hear they do a great job.....
