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Hello Aquarists! :) I use Seachem Equilibrium to make new water during my water changes, but the only problem is that I don't know how much to use. The Directions are as follows: To raise mineral content/ general hardness (GH) by 1 meq/L (3 dH), add 16 g (1 tablespoon) for every 80 L (20...

Thanks! So why does the algae bubble when its hit by the H2O2? What about the H2O2 causes it to die? Yeah, I have pretty high lights/flow and combined with filtration, the H2O2 should break down quite fast after i turn everything back on. I was careful to make sure I didn't hit any of the fish...

Alright, I already used 1 ml a gallon, ill do a water change to be safe. The shrimp look fine though and i made sure not to hit any directly, although is it bad if they walk through the bubbles? they are grazing on algae around the bubbles.

If I use 1-2 ml per gallon in my shrimp tank (yellow neon shrimp, 4 crystal red shrimp, 4 red cherry shrimp), how much of a risk am I taking? Will they die? If I do it anyway, what should I do to make sure nothing bad happens? Thanks!:)

Thanks Rivercats! So even if Im spot treating I need to use 30 ml-90 ml for a 30 gallon a day? haha it seems like a lot, will it risk any of my fauna/flora? (Fauna: Pleco, Guppies, Platy. Flora: Vallisneria, Cabomba, Glossostigma, Microsword, Dwarf Baby Tears). Haha just let me know if you see...

Update: I took out the rocks about 2 weeks ago and scrubbed them clean of algae, and since then none of it has grown back onto the rocks! :D However, the algae has grown back on the baby tears in my 10 gallon and also the gravel in my 29 gallon. Although, it is growing back a lot slower! I am...

So I removed a lot of the algae in my 10 Gallon manually off of the baby tears (it is still on the rocks, I might use H2O2 for that or take it off later), and I have started dosing PPS-Pro. Additionally, I shortened the lights on both the tanks to 6 hours each. I will try getting 2 more timers...

Instead of doing 50% water changes every 2 weeks, I might just try like 25% every week instead, just so the parameters don't swing so much. I own an Aqueon water changer, but there are no places to hook it up near my tank, I use it on my 75 Gal aquarium in the basement. I don't want to use...

Haha I understand, what's the longest I can go without doing a WC? I am pretty busy, so is like every 2-3 weeks too long? Thanks for all of this writing Rivercats!! :thanks:

I will try getting my hands on another CO2 timer, but may I ask why it matters in terms of algae growth to turn on the CO2 earlier than the lights? I feed my shrimp in the small tank every 1-2 days regular azoo food, I dont feed them often. In my 30 gallon, I feed them tetracolor crisps, but...

My Nitrate levels are near 0-5 ppm, it is hard to tell on the color chart haha. I have begun to dose phosphorous (seachem), but now that I have PPS, ill just dose that instead. I have shortened my lights to 6 hours a day, hopefully I will see a a decrease in algae when combined with the Dry...

I do 30-50% water changes every week to two weeks (I am busy, so when I have time) I have my CO2 and lights on the same timer, so they turn on and off at the same time, is it necessary to get another timer? I have lights on from 10:30 to 7:30, so 9 hours. How long should I run it (and from when...

Yeah, I have a drop checker in the smaller tank, I ordered another one for the 30 gallon a few days ago (I just installed the CO2 system on it). The drop checker in the smaller tank is always light green (>30 ppm). All the algae I see is Hair Algae. It is growing on the substrate and plant...

Hello AA members!! I am suffering from an algae problem (<<So Cliche right? ;) , I do stay up to schedule with my water changes, but it always creeps back and I am trying to find out the root of the problem. Any help/advice from all of you algae detectives is greatly appreciated Tank Stats...

Where can I buy the full size tanks for my 75 gallon aquarium? Do you mean just a regulator that can fit on a full size tank when you say full size regulator? They are on different floors :P :( Oh well haha Right now the 75 gallon is overrun by vallisneria (like vallisneria has taken over the...

Apparently Excel kills shrimp ...yikes Im just confused on how to get a beautiful HC carpet tank along with shrimp without Co2 :/ :( Ive seen people acheive it, but Idk how. I might just move this project to my 29 gallon tank. One question, my 75 gallon tank has around 200 watts of Light...

Haha I know about all of that :P Ill be using RO/DI water with Equilibrium plus the seachem buffers :) I will probably just use the Co2 on my 29 gallon then... is there anyway to have high lighting like the finnex without Co2 and still prevent algae? What if I used the emersed growth technique...

Thanks for telling me that haha, I will look for more info on that. When something says that a lighting system has X PAR (like 50 PAR) does it usually mean it is talking in the µmol units? What will happen with Co2 + Shrimps?

So how do I carry this out? (My tank is filled and cycling right now) So I empty the tank down to the substrate level and then plant the HC and cover it with Plastic wrap and then wait? Are ferts necessary? What should I fill in densely to avoid algae? The HC? Do I have to buy enough to cover...

What advantages does emersed growth have/why is it better? If I blast it with high lights, will it grow algae? Because I can't inject Co2 emersed :P It's going to be a CR shrimp tank :)

Haha first of all, Thanks for answering with so much info and taking the time to write all that! :D :D :thanks::thanks: So just to be clear, both the FugeRay and the Finnex Ray 2 can grow HC? Is it just that the FugeRay Planted+ allows more flexibility for photoperiods/stability/etc.? What...

:D I started a new thread, http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/planted-tank-help-with-hc-274512.html

I have a 10 gallon 20" long aquarium that is 8-10" from surface to substrate, and I am planning to either buy the Finnex Ray 2 or wait for the Finnex Planted+ LED to come out. I really want to be able to grow a HC carpet in this tank, but I dont know which one to wait for. Does anyone know the...

Do I need to dose all the ferts in order to grow the HC? Haha I still need to learn how to dose ferts... Maybe I will try the dry ferts from Green leaf. Will seachem flourish do the job? Also, what have you heard/what do you think about the fluval nano Co2 systems? I might get that or the...

Will I be able to grow HC and those plants? Other than the regulator, what major purchases do I need to make?