Recent content by Jmenehan2

Sorry for the multiple posts. I read online that when dosing dry ferts you should always dose macros one day and dose micros the next day over the course of 3 times a week. (Ex: macros Mon,Wed,Fri & Micros Tue,Thur,Sat. With weekly 50% Water change on Sunday.) The reason being that the phosphate...

I also do not have a way to measure the CO2 in my tank. I heard I can measure CO2 by comparing two tests. Can anyone confirm which tests? The Echinodorus is growing bright red.. That is my only positive sign of at least some CO2. As far as ppm, no clue

I'm all for saving $$$. Thank you for the tip!

Thank you all for the responses. I would love to do the burst of lighting for X amount of hours a day. Unfortunately my fixture only has 1 switch :( oh well. When I started I had problems with algae but I can't say that my plants were growing slowly. Many of the plants were growing out of...

I put in the third T5ho. I split the baby tears in half and have them tied down to two rocks that are sitting on the substrate. With no responses as of yet I'm going to go through with the 50 percent water change and start the heavy dosing. I have the GH/KH tests and Phosphate test kits...

My 29 gallon planted tank has been set up for six months. At first I didn't really know what I was doing and this showed when I had a massive algae outbreak because of the 4 T5ho's that I had running for 10 hours a day. I took steps toward recovering the tank by cutting the light to 2 T5hos...

I would recommend quarantining the neons for no less than 3 weeks. Neon tetras are very fragile and can drop like flies if you happen to introduce one with neon tetra disease to your current stock.

According to this I should be using 3 T5ho's. does that sound right?

Here is the tank as of now

I was also wondering if I should dispose of all of the duck weed in my tank

The light fixture is a EnviroGro FLT24 2-Foot Four Tube T5 Fluorescent Grow Light System. The fixture seems to have descent reflectors. I am willing to put all 4 bulbs in, I just don't want to do that before I get all of my dry ferts. I run the light for 5 hours, then off 2 hours, then on 5...

I simply want to know if enough light is getting into my 29 gallon aquarium. I currently have 2 T5HO suspended 10 inches above my topless tank. Should I be running all 4 T5HO bulbs with the aquarium light raised that high? I have DIY Co2 and dose CO2 booster daily. I want to know if I am in the...

I didn't think there would be an issue. It just seemed like every site that talked about dry fertilizer had instructions on how to mix them. Glad to hear that it is just an option. Thank you everyone for all of your input. :fish2:

Are there any dry fertilizers that are not recommended to be dosed directly into the tank without dissolving in an appropriate amount of RO or Distilled water? The dry ingredients I intend to dose are Potassium Nitrate, Potassium Sulfate, Calcium Nitrate, and Plantex CSM + Boron as the trace...

I would love a nice piece of driftwood. Im having a rough time finding a piece of DW that Iike. i have some type of val on the substrate near the front of the tank. if I could get a hold of some baby tears or dwarf baby tears that would be alright. I have moss growing in a 10 gallon. We will see...