aajd333 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 My TDS is reading one and I am having algae issues in my tank. Would one TDS promote algae growth, or should I look somewhere else. Thanks Link to comment
cheryl jordan Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Need more information Age of tank Lighting Type of algae Parameters Link to comment
amnestia Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 A TDS of one for your ro water or ro/di water is probably not the cause of your algae. Look elsewhere for excess nutrients (feeding). Link to comment
aajd333 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 The tank is 6 months old. I have what appears to be a black algae growing on rocks only. T5 lights, bulbs are 6 months old. Nitates are 0 and I have no way of accurately testing phosphate. I feed every other day, but it is frozen mysis, rods food, and cyclopeeze( maybe high phosphate foods?). The rock was transferred from another tank, could they be leaching phosphates. I don't know what the phosphates were in previous tank either. Thanks for the help. Link to comment
villagefrags Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Its not the TDS, a reading of 1 is negligible. It is likely your foodstuffs, since they are organic and contain, as you said, phosphate. One thing you could try is to thaw them in tank water then strain the water off, which will contain a bunch of phosphate, and just feed the particles. You may also be overfeeding a little, but only you can tell that. Sounds like your tank is going thru the algal cycles, if you can, try blowing any pieces off with a turkey baster and apply aggressive skimming. Regards, Paul @ Team VF. Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.