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Originally Posted by Tom Barr
I'm more concerned about plant growth than algae wars 
Running the lights too long is bad for plants.
Less is wiser than more.
Sunlight certainly exacerabtes GDA, even causes it IME/IMO in some tanks.
Clean tanks often get it, powercompact users, never have gotten in a HQI MH's tank before.
Oh it's there and all, it just never grew.
I think if someone wanted to, they could kill it by doing the 4 day blackout + Excel overdosing(1.5X) with daily 80% water changes and glass wipes+ adding EI nutrients back each time.
That should knock back most any algae pretty good and not cause any issues for plants.
From there, make sure good CO2/nutrients, 10 hours of light etc water changes, no direct sunlight etc.
Regards,
Tom Barr |
So it basically comes from light? I knew that because its obviously only growing where light is shining. I have no sunlight shining into my tank and a 65w PC over 26 gallons... How do some people (some have even brighter light!) not get this algae then!
What happened to the let-it-run-through-the-cycle for 3 weeks thing..... I just want this stuff gone, I've got ~25 ppm co2, EI ferts, good circulation... idk what else to do