black hair / brush algae in a planted aquarium?
I blackhead / brush algae in my tank 65 gal planted with 2x54W t5h.o. Fertilizer is filled with lights dose of macro elements (potassium nitrate, phosphate) once a week and the full dose of trace elements once a week. algae started after start adding macro elements for 2 weeks (I've been using trace elements from their beginning without algae) unfortunately do not have a CO2 system. i went to the specialty shop advised me algae that probably came from phosphates in excess. so my first course of action was to remove the phosphate, which have been in place for a week and a small part of the algae is begginning go blank and he's dying. What I know is what else can I do to help push out the algae. the tubes are only a couple of months of age and he was able to rule that out. it is a tank of cichlids and angelfish are fairly chaotic, so it probably just added additional phosphate. thanks.
It sounds that the system has not yet adjusted to the introduction of a new source of food for plants – and as a result, algae have competing nutrients as well. Everything else seems to be in good balance so that is the only likely cause of truth. Stop adding the macro to a fortnight, and then up little by little steep to the amount intended to run full time in the course of a few weeks to a month and a half. Allow the system time to adjust to new levels of nutrients will ensure that the algae never has a chance to form, and shall ensure that the plants are getting all the nutrients to them possible out of water. With that kind of stuff you will not need CO2 to grow beautiful plants:] If not resolved, consider a test of phosphates and silicates to determine if you have any excess away. If that is not, it might be time to replace your T5 tubes. I hope that helps!
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