Hi,
Two questions I'm hoping someone can help with.
1. With a 6 gallon tank, fairly high tech, how would one go about calculating how the lights should be on to help prevent algae growth? Attached is an approximation of my lighting values:
2. It's seemingly impossible to maintain a consistent 20-30ppms by counting bubbles. Maybe it's me. On average I run about 1 bubble per second 2 hours before lights come on. Around noon I'm in the green (drop check) but under the 20-30ppm CO2 with KH and PH values. My lights run in two shifts - 4 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the evening, with co2 running straight through up until 30 mins before second shift shuts down. Around 6-7, i'm in the yellow (drop check) and have to manually adjust the co2. But even the above is inconsistent at times. PH controller maybe?
Thanks
Two questions I'm hoping someone can help with.
1. With a 6 gallon tank, fairly high tech, how would one go about calculating how the lights should be on to help prevent algae growth? Attached is an approximation of my lighting values:
2. It's seemingly impossible to maintain a consistent 20-30ppms by counting bubbles. Maybe it's me. On average I run about 1 bubble per second 2 hours before lights come on. Around noon I'm in the green (drop check) but under the 20-30ppm CO2 with KH and PH values. My lights run in two shifts - 4 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the evening, with co2 running straight through up until 30 mins before second shift shuts down. Around 6-7, i'm in the yellow (drop check) and have to manually adjust the co2. But even the above is inconsistent at times. PH controller maybe?
Thanks
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