Re: [APD] 90 Gallon Tank

[Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com>]

My suggestion is first get rid of the phosphate remover.  Your 
phosphate level at .75 ppm is not at all high.  I would add some fast 
growing plants like watersprite or h. diformis, and I would get some 
KNO3 from Greg Watson and add enough to raise the NO3 level to 10 ppm.  
I doubt the Java Moss having any effect on algae.  Last, I would not 
change water - just add make up water as needed.  (Water changes add 
CO2, which then drops again, triggering algae spores to start growing.)
Vaughn H.

On Friday, January 27, 2006, at 02:49 PM, Beth Lang wrote:

> I did test for phosphates and the results were .75.  I am using a 
> phosphate
> remover since our water has a lot of phosphates in it.  Everything was 
> going
> pretty well with just a little algae on my plants, decorations and 
> glass
> until I did a water change and bam!  Lots of algae.  I retested my 
> nitrates
> and it was still at 5.  Now I know everyone is telling me that I have 
> to add
> CO2 but the whole process scares me.  I've been looking at articles on 
> low
> tech tanks but it appears my 2.4wgp is too high.  Are there any other
> options?  My LFS said to add java moss and add more algae eaters.  I 
> really
> don't want to keep on adding algae eaters as I won't have room to keep 
> the
> fish I want to add to the tank.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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