I'm doing this thread so i could run something like a diary of my tank progress(or problems) without openning a new thread every time there's something new....
If i'm in a wrong subforum than maybe a mod should place this thread where it belongs.. thanx!
My plan , or a goal is to make a nice dutch stile scape..
...but primarily i would like to have a tank full of healthy plants without algae..
I've made a lot of changes in my tank lately , taking out a lot of plants because i will replace them with other species..
Now , as i will get new plants , i will try to keep them growing nice and healthy , in the meantime maybe arrange them so the tank looks decent...
I'm hoping to get some advices from the great people on this forum...
I will ask a lot of questions:gw
Well , i better stop talking with my bad english and write about the tank a little...
Juwel Rio 180 , 100cm X50cmX 40cm
Lights: T5-2x45w with reflectors (i found i need the reflectors so the lower leaves recive enough light)
Fotoperiod : 9hrs
Filtration: Fluval 405
Flow: Fluval's aprox 800lit-h , 2x Atman 500lit-h powerheads. (i ordered a 3000lit-h wawemaker from ebay but hasn't arrived yet)
CO2 : 20kg pressurised , fabco NV , diy reactor(used the Juwel int filter for this, disolves realy good)
-I'm adjusting co2 manualy every morning and shutting it out at night
- In the process of finding the max amount of co2 without fish gasping -big progress here since i got the rasboras out of the tank , because they were the first fish that would start gasping..
-Also, i recently started to dose Easy carbo every day..
JBL substrate , without NO3 or PO4 , 1-3mm gravel
Ferts: EI (KNO3 , KH2PO4 , K2SO4 , Plantex CSM+B )
Weekly dosing
NO3: 21ppm (I cut down from 45 ppm for a few reasons , one is because i got something like 30
more fishes+ and two is because i'm trying to get some red color in my ''reddish '' plants)
PO4: 11ppm
K: 30ppm
Csm+b : I dose as much to get Fe-1ppm
That's it for now , got to go now because my wife is screaming it's dinner time.
Thanx for reading...
If i'm in a wrong subforum than maybe a mod should place this thread where it belongs.. thanx!
My plan , or a goal is to make a nice dutch stile scape..
...but primarily i would like to have a tank full of healthy plants without algae..
I've made a lot of changes in my tank lately , taking out a lot of plants because i will replace them with other species..
Now , as i will get new plants , i will try to keep them growing nice and healthy , in the meantime maybe arrange them so the tank looks decent...
I'm hoping to get some advices from the great people on this forum...
I will ask a lot of questions:gw
Well , i better stop talking with my bad english and write about the tank a little...
Juwel Rio 180 , 100cm X50cmX 40cm
Lights: T5-2x45w with reflectors (i found i need the reflectors so the lower leaves recive enough light)
Fotoperiod : 9hrs
Filtration: Fluval 405
Flow: Fluval's aprox 800lit-h , 2x Atman 500lit-h powerheads. (i ordered a 3000lit-h wawemaker from ebay but hasn't arrived yet)
CO2 : 20kg pressurised , fabco NV , diy reactor(used the Juwel int filter for this, disolves realy good)
-I'm adjusting co2 manualy every morning and shutting it out at night
- In the process of finding the max amount of co2 without fish gasping -big progress here since i got the rasboras out of the tank , because they were the first fish that would start gasping..
-Also, i recently started to dose Easy carbo every day..
JBL substrate , without NO3 or PO4 , 1-3mm gravel
Ferts: EI (KNO3 , KH2PO4 , K2SO4 , Plantex CSM+B )
Weekly dosing
NO3: 21ppm (I cut down from 45 ppm for a few reasons , one is because i got something like 30
more fishes+ and two is because i'm trying to get some red color in my ''reddish '' plants)
PO4: 11ppm
K: 30ppm
Csm+b : I dose as much to get Fe-1ppm
That's it for now , got to go now because my wife is screaming it's dinner time.
Thanx for reading...
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