IS THERE ANY ONE IN HAMILTON THAT WOULD INTERSTED IN COMING ROUND AND LETTING ME KNOW WHERE I,M GOING WRONG THINGS HAVENT BEEN TO BAD SINCE I GOT MY TANK SIZE WRONG HAVE A 650 LTR HEAVLIY PLANTED DISCUS TANK CO2 INJECTION 6 5 FT SERA PLANT GROWTH FLOROS. HAD BBA PROBLEM NAILED THAT. NOW ITS A GREEN SPOTTED PROBLEM AND ABIT OF BROWN ALGEA. WOULD BE WILLING TO GET WHAT EVER I NEEDEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM!!!!!!!! :bounce:

maybe your lighting is too much, with a lot of light you will get a bit of algae.algae eaters can help to clean it up for you

post a pic of your tank.

tell us how high and long the tank is, what sort of tubes you have and how many(and size) - and also the spectrum of the light.

what sort of substrate are you using, and what sort of plants are you trying to grow.

thanks.

Post;

CO2 levels

Fert levels(what you use and what you dose)

What plants

What lighting and how long it is on for

What substrate

Im sure we can sort it out

OK FIRSTLY

TANK IS 2.3 MTRS X .500MM X .500MM 650LTRS

HAVE 6 FLURO TUBES AT 1.5 MTRS SPREAD EVENLY ACROSS THE TANK

X3 DAYLIGHT BULBS @ 6000 KELVIN X58W

X3 PLANT GROW @ 4900 KELVIN X58W

8.5 HRS OF ARTIFICAL LIGHT PER/DAY

7 HRS OF DAY LIGHT BUT NOT DIRECT SUNLIGHT

USE A AQUEL - ACTISUBSTRATE WITH A RIVER GRAVEL

UNIMAX 700 CANISTER FILTER 1700 L/HR WITH 9W UV FILTER

5KG PRESURISED CO2 UNIT WITH SERA COMPUTER CONTROLER

FEED THE PLANTS SERS FLORENA FERT 5 MLS PER 20LTRS WKLY AND

FLORE PLUS MACRO NUTRIENTS EVERY 2 WKS

HAVE 8 DISCUS,CORYS,BRISTLE NOSE,STRIPED ALGEA EATERS,BLEEDING HEARTS,RUMMY NOSE,BLUE RAMS AND FIGHTERS

MAINLY HAVE SWORDS OSIRIS AMOZON PEPPERED MARBLED. MOUSES EARS,VALS,CRYPTS,GLOSSO,NANOS,HYGROPHILAS, JAVA FERNS AND MOSS

CO2 LEVELS ARE FINE ALL FERTS ARE ADDED AS INSTRUCTED ON BOTTLES

PO4 LEVELS ARE AT 2PPM

KH LEVELS ARE 3-4

PH LEVELS ARE 6.8

TEMP @ 27 DEGRES C

SORRY NOT SURE HOW TO ADD PICS ANY TIPS ?

omg capslock!

(it means you are screaming at us)

you may consider upping the photoperiod. ie. leave your lights on longer. 11+ hours per day. so 8am onwards till night time is good.

Replace one of the 4900K tubes with a 10000K tube (in the centre). If 4900K is white, replace all of them with 10000K tubes.

I am partial towards the power glos - but they come with a rather hefty price tag as opposed to the $5 10000K tubes :lol: so you can also use powerglos (18000K) if you choose to do so.

swords will like having some calcium where the roots are.

were the plants you bought emersed or submersed?

ill try adding more light an keep an eye on out of conrol algea !! do those bulbs come in fluro tubes at 1500mm .

i did think that i might have to get a metel halide cant afford at the moment. think they were all submersed.