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Re: hair algae from hell
First off, thanks for all the help.
>> It only got bad when I got the pH up to around 8.0 and the hardn
>> in the 2/3 range.
>Why are you trying to _raise_ your pH? Your plants would do
>better at a lower pH, and were probably able to out compete the
>algae until you did this to them.
When I inherited the tank, the ph was around 5 and the water had no
detectable hardness. The pH went up as I got the water hardness up.
>or fish tank for that matter. It should be possible to edge your
>tank into a "steady state" where the plants do better than the
>algae, and some algae eating fish clean up _most_ of the rest.
This is what I'm working on. :-)
I'd like the pH to get back down to 7, but I'm not happy with having
an unbuffered/no hardness tank. I suspect (hope?) the pH will drift
back down over time.
--jet