VOZIE
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Just reading the thread. Would no co2 in the tank limit the amount of plants or the type of plants u can have.
H2O2 is H2O2 if you buy it at a drug store (well, H2O2 and DI water). It will tell you like 3% solution or whatever on the bottle, but any of it should be fine.
I think your recipe sounds about right, and I always had better luck activating the yeast first like you are doing. Are you measuring the CO2 in your tank?
A couple other things to consider (YMMV): Add an 1/8 to a 1/4 tsp of baking soda to the mix. It will neutralize some of the acid that is produced in the anaerobic environment, and the mix will last longer. And, buy champagne yeast online. It is only slightly more expensive than buying regular bakers yeast at the grocery store, and I found the production to be much higher (at least in my mind ). The thinking is, it is a strain of yeast specifically engineered to survive in higher acidic environments, similar to your CO2 generator. It lives longer, so it produces more CO2, and the mix stays stronger longer.
The key though I think is figuring out how much you have in the tank. If it is less than 20, you would be better off just not running CO2 and leaving the tank at equilibrium.
I was told that plants with colour other then green will need co2 to grow. Is there any truth in that.
Red does not = CO2 requirement, like Rachel said.
You can pick up a PO4 test kit to be sure, but if you are running 48W of T5HO over a 20, I can almost guarantee you have a P deficiency if you aren't dosing it.
Let me throw this out there too Rachel--if it is fluctuating between 30ppm and less than 15ppm or so (if it is straight blue) over the course of a few days, the BBA will love that...
Also, just to check you are using a 4dKH standard in the drop checker right?
slightly going back on track, has anyone tried letting the tank get colder to fight BBA? not saying chill it but let it slide back towards room temp? (in my room thats high 60's, low 70's)
slightly going back on track, has anyone tried letting the tank get colder to fight BBA? not saying chill it but let it slide back towards room temp? (in my room thats high 60's, low 70's)