Hello there Mr Justin. So nice.
I think I need to have a planted tank again...

You are most welcome. Actually your other ferts can be combined also. you can pm me for details if you want to.

Can i use your tank pic as a testimonial?

This post has been edited by kiminha: Mar 2 2013, 11:38 AM

Hi, maybe because of your wc with your current lighting i guessed.

Hi, mind to share your current lighting and tank size?

hehehe. ok laa.. thanks a lot bro.

Hi, how is your WC schedule?

Cool. Do u rescape often? and what soil are you using and the duration?

do u dose any nutrients at all? How long is your setup miss? and how many percent of plant mass?

Oic.. Ok my guessed is because of low or no nutrients that leads to to your algae issue. just my opinion though.

If due to new environment then its ok. but if its algae then its due to low nutrient since ur tank does not has any soil at all.

LOL.. contradiction. but let us find out. u do not have any soil, no ferts, amano shrimps.. so how could there be extra nutrients..

i think still very little if you consider only the poo from all the fauna in your tank. Furthermore it is not a complete poo nutrients. LOL
actually your tank resemble a lowtech tank. you are doing the correct thing by not WC, but your plant mass must be very high. But since your plant mass is about 25%, maybe you can do wc 10-20% weekly. It will leads to little algae but your fauna's health is more important.
By doing a lot of WC, you will introduce a lot of CO2 which will make inconsistent CO2 level that will leads to algae. BTW, since your
tank is just 3 weeks old, maybe the algae was also caused by your filter not yet matured.

if your nutrient is not complete, the plant cannot handle the photosynthesis properly. when this happen, which is when the plant become stunted, they will 'leak' sugar into the water column. this sugar will trigger the algae spores to activate algae grow.

aiya sorry aa terlampau banyak membebel..

Hi, its ok even if you are overdosing because at the end of the week you will reset it by doing 50% WC. However if you feel uncomfortable, you can reduce the super K dosing with the dry ferts. The table that i've given to you is also a guideline bro. If your plant mass is 50%, you can also reduce the dry fertz dose by 50%.

All the best and happy planting!!

You are most welcome ma'am..

You are most welcome sir.

+1

Mr Arrow here must be an Eheim dealer.. hmmm..

Cool! I think Eheim is one of the best filter around. . It is very frustrating if we bought the wrong filter with the money spent. Btw thank you for sharing bro. it took me about 1 yr of saving to upgrade from a sponge filter to eheim for my 2 ft tank. and i would say it was a good investment..

This post has been edited by kiminha: Mar 6 2013, 10:48 AM

ejet is also good rite? overfiltering is the way to go.. for a planted tank one can aim as much as 10 - 12x filtering.