ceg4048;21318 said:Is that just the photograph or is that piece of wood the size of your door??? It looks huge Cheers,
lol It IS a big piece of wood. It's 18"x12"X14". It has all sorts of spike coming out the sides, front and back. There is a rounded place in the middle where I can put some substrate and grow something that you normally wouldn't see on manzinita. Since my tank is 125g I think it will look great. I already have a really leggy piece in there that looks kinda like all branches.
Thanks for the car analogy. Makes a lot of sense to me. I just got some timers today to hook my CO2 up to. I have been manually making sure the CO2 levels are where they should be before the lights come on. I have the light coming on well after I get up so that I can keep them on for the best 10 hours of my day. I used to have them on 14 hours when my tank was low tech (no algae either). Now I have cut back to 10 and I miss seeing the bright shining tank.
I have been dosing EI and I decided to check my Nitrates today. I had 5ppm! I guess the plants have geared up! I was amazed!. I have been dosing the 1.5 tsp 3 times a week as recommended. Just the last few times I went up to 2 tsp. So after I tested I added 3 tsps!. After about 4 hours I retested and it had risen to 10 ppm. I will see what it is tomorrow. Boy my plants are really taking it in. I was reading today on APC about someone having a hard time keep the nitrates up, he had such tremendous plant growth. Pretty incredible once things begin to take off. I added a little extra Fe too.
I should get some new plecos in a few days! I ordered (from thatpetplace.com) a leopard frog L-134 and gold nugget L-018. S0 much cheaper than the LFS, even with overnight shipping! I have five other already. I make sure to feed them cukes, zuchini and algae and shrimp tabs. Love those guys. They are all the small variety's (6"-8" max)