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Permalink Reply by Rizal on February 8, 2012 at 9:34am

any pics of your algae/tank?when u say co2 is it diy or pressured system?

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Permalink Reply by Jody has Angels on February 8, 2012 at 3:32pm

Yea ...me too ...whats up with that brown algae that covers all the mature leaves- I have a 30 gal and recently added  plants potted in dirt topped with gravel and DIY co2- Great bio wheel filtration and 10% water change daily-1 t-5 grow bulb

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Permalink Reply by GSP on February 9, 2012 at 2:00am

Jody, The organics in the dirt has caused a Diatom algae and/or cladophora outbreak. This is a big problem with using dirt that people are not often sharing about.

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Permalink Reply by mr.loco on February 8, 2012 at 7:08pm

It's diy co2

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Permalink Reply by Rizal on February 8, 2012 at 9:05pm

1stly, dirted tanks u must get rid of excess nutrients by doing water changes,up to 90%.i usually did fill & drain in a week 3 times.plus adding duckweeds will help.after wweel or so then i started adding plants.sure some species will melt,but it will come back.2ndly diy co2,u can't control the bubbles ppm...i think that's what happen to your tank excess nutrients & excess co2,leads to algae bloom.unless pressured co2 system.

try to drain & fill a few times in  a week or so, then start introducing plant that you want.its a good way to the get multiple species of plants..& u follow on from there,

hope that will help...

upload some of the pics for viewing.

than again i maybe wrong...

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Permalink Reply by Jody has Angels on February 9, 2012 at 12:35am

Ok - Thanks for the input-I have a lot to learn about keeping a planted tank -I will make adjustments- I have never uploaded pics-gonna have to give that a try.Huge learning curve for me all things considered.

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Permalink Reply by GSP on February 9, 2012 at 2:04am

• Identify the algae types
• Identify the cause of the algaes
• Determine the solutions
• Gradually administer the solution

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