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I will be checking my water tomorrow. I added java moss to try and help with the ammonia and nitrates

Sadly no. I checked my water today and ammonia and nitrites are no longer at zero. Both are low and nitrates are at 160. I did a 25% water change and added prime to neutralize all three. I haven't had any deaths yet so that's the only good news so far. I'm not sure what's going on with the...

I checked my tap and its around 5pm so that isn't it sadly. I did a 50% water changed and graveled vac most of my substrate. Hopefully this will lower it to at least half. Thank you for all the help [emoji4]. I don't want anymore casualties because of nitrates.

I will do another 30% water change now and see where my levels are after. I have had one neon tetra die on me already. Ammonia and nitrite are at 0. The tank is cycled and my stock is 8 neons and 2 ember tetras. With a few cherry shrimp. I haven't had this issue for more than a year now. My...

I did a 30% water change today and checked my water with the liquid kit and noticed that my nitrate was above 120! My ammonia and nitrite are at 0 and my tank isn't over stocked. It's a 10 gallon planted tank. The plants seem to all be doing fine. The only thing I have done recently is add...

Bottom layer is eco complete and top layer is fluval stratum. I use diy root tabs and that's practically it for nutrients for my tank. Don't have anything but root feeders.

Around 12, that's including 2 inches of substrate. I have the lights on for about 6 hours.

I've only been using excel so far but I do see new growth.

It's carpeting but slowly

So I've had my chihiro led for about two weeks now and it's a excellent led. I have it on the second lvl and I've seen new growth coming from the Monte Carlo. I'm hoping it will do better once I include co2 into the tank

Yes I am actually.

After reading the comments in that link i doubt I'll go past 4. I never thought that those tanks were running low/med light. I always figured to get a lush carpet of hg you would need high light and high co2.

To be honest I am mentally preparing myself for a algae problem, I'd prefer hair algae over bba though lol. The 20 inch version set me back about 35$ with free shipping.

Thank you for the link and par data. My plan was to gradually raise the light lvl up slowly but never going past 4/5. I'm guessing that should be enough to grow a decent Monte Carlo carpet. This is my first attempt at a carpet so fingers crossed.

Well I ended up buying the chihiros led. My plan is to tone down the light significantly and run in at around 3/4 for about 6-8 hours a day. I typically use root tabs only and not much liquid ferts besides excel. I'm hoping that along with the co2 will keep me away from a algae mess. The real...

No I don't have a lid or anything above the tank besides a finnex led. I checked the back of the tank and couldn't find anything. I noticed that it was the neon that would typically be inside the Val that has gone missing.

I have a nano tank with a few neon and albino tetras, i typically feed them once a day and noticed that I had one neon missing. I know for a fact they were all in the tank last nigh. I have a few red cherry shrimp and one Amano in the tank as well but I don't think these shrimp would go out and...

Oh yes know exactly what you mean. This hobby isn't cheap lol. Especially if you're into aquascaping like myself. I found a seller located in California that has the original A series so I'm going with that.

Thanks for the link [emoji1303]. Yea I think I might end up buying it over the 24/7 now after seeing those pictures. I'm just hoping I get the right model. Just went on eBay and found so many sellers/models for this brand.

I'm on the same boat. I wasn't really planning on using the 24/7 mode. I'll be around 12" so I'm guessing I might have to tone down the brightness if I want med light. Do they have a washed out effect on the plants and fish?

Thank you very much!! Looking forward to seeing that box and trying out co2 in my tank.

I might shoot him a msg. I know you can lower the brightness on the led so if I do get crazy algae I might lower it.

Yes I am currently in between this and the 24/7 finnex model. But if this chihiros is pushing out the same par as a 24/7 then I'd rather buy the chihiros led.

I'm looking at my options on led lights for my standard 10 gallon tank and stumbled across this led. I have noticed that they have a regular all white led model and a 5 color led model, my question is would either of these led's be considered mid light? Or am i better off buying the all white model?

If that's cheap I'm curious at how expensive co2 can get?