Yeay, the direct copy/paste rather than doing the whole "add link" thing worked out. Sooooo, here we go.
I'm not going to embarrass myself or bore y'all with the previous 6-7 months of slight ups and big downs found in the journal over on TPT. The tank has recently undergone a major change of lighting and complete renovation so that's where I'm going to start this one.
Stats:
Tank- Deep Blue Professional 80 gallon 48x24x16 rimless
Filter- CPR sump with attached reservoir running poret foam of increasing porosity from top to bottom and CS102 overflow
Light- AgroBrite 6x 54w 48" T5HO currently running 3x 6400K and 1x TrueLumen Flora. The middle array is currently not being used, but is another 6400K and TrueLumen Flora.
Substrate- Seachem Aquasolum They sent it to me to test and I've become less and less impressed with it as time's passed.
CO2- 20x4 Cerges reactor on 1 hr before lights on and off 30 min before lights out
Supplementation:
KNO3- 1 tsp 3x/wk approx. 10ppm
KH2PO4- 1/16 tsp (ish) 3x/wk approx 1.3-1.5ppm
K2SO4- 1/2 tsp 1-2x/wk approx 5ppm for a little extra boost
MgSO4*7H2O- 2tsp after WC and 1tsp mid-week approx 5ppm and 2.5ppm, respectively
CaSO4- 2 tsp after WC, approx
Micros- 15mL CSM+B solution for an approx. Fe of 0.1ppm 3x/wk
Will be switching to CaNO3 in the near future, dosing 2 tsp after water changes for approx 15ppm Ca and 10ppm NO3.
On to the pictures!
Right after replacing the 2x Radion XR15FW with 120-degree lens with the T5 fixture
Friday night, 5.12
The lights are now 18" above the water's surface. 170 PAR along the front glass was just a bit too much for my tastes.
At this point there's not much of an aquascape going on other than some really vague groupings and shapes. After having to basically put the plants in concentric rings under the LEDs from highest light to lowest light I was finally able to group everything up into something a little more visually pleasing.
There we go, the start of my first Barr Report journal. To be frank, I've been a bit hesitant to put one up here given all the troubles this build's given me. I wouldn't be surprised of rending of clothes and gnashing of teeth starts in the near future. LOL
Regards,
Phil