Hello everyone. I have been waiting to start this journal for some time. I consider myself a noob although been reading quite a lot. My last attemp ended horribly 5 years ago. Since then my life changed dramatically for the better. Now with supporting wife and kids by my side I decided to try again.
Aguarium is located in dining room. Maintenance is pretty simple. I do 50% or more water change every week. Lightly Vacuum the tank and change prefilter sponge.
Tank: Miracles 48x24x20
Ati 8x54w as of last week
Filtration 30 gallon sump. Sealed/glued wet/dry permanently. Added sliding drawer for easy cleaning
Airgas Co2 regulator, 20” carges co2 reactor with venturi feed by dedicated quiet one 700gph pump
Mag18 return to 1 1/4 pvc elbow at the top and 1” to loc line.
Jebao dosing pump for EI plus 20ml of excel every day.
Dry ferts I’m getting from Nilocg
Fauna:
10 ottos
5 SAE
30 Amanos. Now 24 or so
120 red cherries.
60 rummynose
2 bristlenose pleco
Flora:
Staurogyne repens
Crypt parva
Riccardia
Blyxa japonica
AR mini
Fissdent fontanus
Anubias nana
Anubias Nana Petite
DHG
Christmas mini
Christmas moss
Buce red mini
Buce green wavy
Crypt wenditi green
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Rotala catipiller
Light is hanging 30” above the substrate.
Light /co2 cycle:
12pm Co2 ON
2pm Lights ON channel 1,2 ph drop from 7.8 to 6.7 drop checker lime green
3:30pm 60%
6:30pm 60%
8:40pm 100%
9:00pm 100% drop checker yellow
9:20pm Co2 OFF
10:20pm 15%
10:30pm 8%
11:00pm lights OFF
Last week I noticed some algae growth.
Pics:
Here is pics of algae. It growing only on moss and fissdent. What would be best to do in my case?
With tek fixture 4 inches above water I didn’t see any pearling for the first 6 weeks. Now with ati plants pearling like crazy. I don’t have access to PAR meter.
Aguarium is located in dining room. Maintenance is pretty simple. I do 50% or more water change every week. Lightly Vacuum the tank and change prefilter sponge.
Tank: Miracles 48x24x20
Ati 8x54w as of last week
Filtration 30 gallon sump. Sealed/glued wet/dry permanently. Added sliding drawer for easy cleaning
Airgas Co2 regulator, 20” carges co2 reactor with venturi feed by dedicated quiet one 700gph pump
Mag18 return to 1 1/4 pvc elbow at the top and 1” to loc line.
Jebao dosing pump for EI plus 20ml of excel every day.
Dry ferts I’m getting from Nilocg
Fauna:
10 ottos
5 SAE
30 Amanos. Now 24 or so
120 red cherries.
60 rummynose
2 bristlenose pleco
Flora:
Staurogyne repens
Crypt parva
Riccardia
Blyxa japonica
AR mini
Fissdent fontanus
Anubias nana
Anubias Nana Petite
DHG
Christmas mini
Christmas moss
Buce red mini
Buce green wavy
Crypt wenditi green
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Rotala catipiller
Light is hanging 30” above the substrate.
Light /co2 cycle:
12pm Co2 ON
2pm Lights ON channel 1,2 ph drop from 7.8 to 6.7 drop checker lime green
3:30pm 60%
6:30pm 60%
8:40pm 100%
9:00pm 100% drop checker yellow
9:20pm Co2 OFF
10:20pm 15%
10:30pm 8%
11:00pm lights OFF
Last week I noticed some algae growth.
Pics:
Here is pics of algae. It growing only on moss and fissdent. What would be best to do in my case?
With tek fixture 4 inches above water I didn’t see any pearling for the first 6 weeks. Now with ati plants pearling like crazy. I don’t have access to PAR meter.