Plants fine but got a brown algae on 'em

[MrGoodbytes]

The equivalences are to incandescent lights, but WPG calculations use fluorescent wattages anyway, so no conversion. It's low light therefore which is your problem.

Excellent, that's what I was thinking.

 

[cavin1]

The equivalences are to incandescent lights, but WPG calculations use fluorescent wattages anyway, so no conversion. It's low light therefore which is your problem.

Would increasing wattage also get rid of the algae already present??

 

[cavin1]

Attached are 4 dig photo's of a selection of this algae issue.
GH=30, KH=240, PH=6.5, NO2=0, NO3=160 !!!!! No fish deaths so far but I have a sick Angel, I would think the high N)3 is to blame for the sicko. But would these numbers cause the algae issue ??

Now sinvce my lighting numbers (at new method of calc) indicate <1W/G seems I should get rid of the medium base screw types and go to either T5's , etc

 

[cavin1]

The equivalences are to incandescent lights, but WPG calculations use fluorescent wattages anyway, so no conversion. It's low light therefore which is your problem.

Would 2 - 3 W/G be OK for this issue ?? Des Cavin

 

[Star_Rider]

not diatom