darcy_peer
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Nov 1, 2002
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hi - setting up my first tank and have a problem (maybe)
i set up a 65gal, planning on a heavyly planted tank. got 190watts of light
(110-compact flour. and 2x40watt flour.) put in 2 diy co2 reactors and a ehime 2217 filter.
haven't put the plants in yet. the water, at start had a kh of 70 and gh of 135. the ph was 7.6 (city water). once the co2 was running for a few days, the ph went down to 7.2 - which according to my chart means i had a level of 13-14 of co2 (a little low but getting close to what it should be).
everthing was going the way i thought it should.
now the problem
i put a few alage eaters in, since i found out the the plants were going to come for 2-3 weeks and i don't want a alage problem. i turned on the pump (overnight). the next morning
i got the following readings, kh of 90 and a ph of 7.6. now i understand that the o2 surface movement vents co2 BUT SO MUCH and what happened to the kh?
once i get it planted and add more fish, will running the pump at night just get rid of all the co2? NOW what i don't know is how to get the co2 levels up
any advice would be appreciated
darcy
i set up a 65gal, planning on a heavyly planted tank. got 190watts of light
(110-compact flour. and 2x40watt flour.) put in 2 diy co2 reactors and a ehime 2217 filter.
haven't put the plants in yet. the water, at start had a kh of 70 and gh of 135. the ph was 7.6 (city water). once the co2 was running for a few days, the ph went down to 7.2 - which according to my chart means i had a level of 13-14 of co2 (a little low but getting close to what it should be).
everthing was going the way i thought it should.
now the problem
i put a few alage eaters in, since i found out the the plants were going to come for 2-3 weeks and i don't want a alage problem. i turned on the pump (overnight). the next morning
i got the following readings, kh of 90 and a ph of 7.6. now i understand that the o2 surface movement vents co2 BUT SO MUCH and what happened to the kh?
once i get it planted and add more fish, will running the pump at night just get rid of all the co2? NOW what i don't know is how to get the co2 levels up
any advice would be appreciated
darcy