stooker
Aquarium Advice Activist
Just got back from a four night vacation, the first time leaving for more than a day since I started EI fertilization.
In prep of the vacation, I dosed about 25-35% more ferts the last two days prior, and then curtailed the lighting by two hours each day. I also made a "blind" out of some extra poster board from one of my son's school projects to block out excess ambient light, now that it's summer daylight hours.
Got back in today and the first thing I did after unloading our car was tend to the tank. I'm pleased to say everything looks in order... all fish and inverts are well and the plants grew quite a bit. Trimmed back a good amount of the plants, and did a 50% WC. Here's the tank after the WC.
In prep of the vacation, I dosed about 25-35% more ferts the last two days prior, and then curtailed the lighting by two hours each day. I also made a "blind" out of some extra poster board from one of my son's school projects to block out excess ambient light, now that it's summer daylight hours.
Got back in today and the first thing I did after unloading our car was tend to the tank. I'm pleased to say everything looks in order... all fish and inverts are well and the plants grew quite a bit. Trimmed back a good amount of the plants, and did a 50% WC. Here's the tank after the WC.