I've had a 46 gallon bowfront set up since December, pressurized CO2, 96 watts of power compact lights. Fancy guppies, cardinals, hatchet fish, a pearl guorami. Swords, lilies, wisteria, too many plants to remember. I'll post a link to some pictures but these are a couple months old and the scape has changed. (I pulled the large swords out before they took over the entire tank.
) The tank is doing really well. A bit too well, in fact. The weekly water changes are fairly easy but I'm finding the trimming to be a bit of a pain every week. I'd like to slow the growth down some, if I can do so without hurting anything or causing serious algae.
I'm assuming that if I cut the light to one bulb at a time instead of two, and reduce the amount of KNO3, etc I'm dosing, that the growth will moderate without a lot of problems. Am I right? Is there anything I should be watching for, or should be doing instead of or in addition to?
Thanks! This site has been a wonderful help this past year!
http://www.cowgirlcoder.com/pictures/2008-03-19 002 fresh small.jpg
I'm assuming that if I cut the light to one bulb at a time instead of two, and reduce the amount of KNO3, etc I'm dosing, that the growth will moderate without a lot of problems. Am I right? Is there anything I should be watching for, or should be doing instead of or in addition to?
Thanks! This site has been a wonderful help this past year!
http://www.cowgirlcoder.com/pictures/2008-03-19 002 fresh small.jpg