" Please do not reduce nutrients like NO3 and PO4 in planted tanks to fight algae! By reducing them you will only induce algae even more! NO3 and PO4 can cause algae issues ONLY if they are MISSING! "

Is too GENERAL IMHO. What if the tank is not as healthy? not much plants maybe? then how would this apply lol. If the plants aren't even having optimum conditions to begin with, let's say a tank with no c02, 29Celcius , and this guy still fertilize it, even with full fledge rotalas, they'd melt somehow due to no c02 injection. ( further contributing bad elemts to the water column)

IN a healthy tank on the other hand, we purposely dose phosphate , pottasium and nitrogen.. hence NPK. and nitrate would be kept minimum automatically due to the high plant mass...

Just sharing, feel free to correct me.
Drew

that is CAE, brown color type. CAE got yellow and brown color, both gone crazy when got shock. Small tank not really recommended to keep them, use otto better.

BBA, no such thing of under control, it will soon slowly spread out to other places like glass, filter, plant, wood, tiny till that you won't spotted them, once you spotted, it'll be too late because it is every where. I had that experience before and it was a 4ft tank, end up tear down whole tank. Better be safe than regret later.

here you are taiko...plz dun kill me

very nice tank u got there

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Added on November 5, 2009, 6:57 pmreally long time didn't online already

Algae is the worst nigtmare for aquarist. Mine starting to grow brown and green algae. I think the green one is diatom. sticking the glass.

I am doing partial water change very 2 days. Some of the plants are getting rotten at the bottom. Probably not enough lights or CO2.

Actually just started my aquarium about 1.5 months ago.

regards

rotting plants = more ammonia..
changing water helps, but it only solve the prob temporarily..

just started your tank? i would say, its not fully cycled.. also, look more in to beneficial bacteria colonization..

Nah, "temperature is quite high" answer ain't gonna work. Try celcius LOL... That may be the cause of it, try getting it around 28C or below ? Also, how's the filter?

Drew

want to sell the nutrafin CO2 system...the ingredient used already...this the link....

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1218661

that kind of co2 " diffusor " works ? just passes through few layers of container ?

3 mummies come out to sun bath...

i want cry liao..