7Enigma
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I'm now using 2 lights on my 10 gallon to attempt to get a bit of algae for the snails (right now I'm feeding flake food and algae wafers ). I have the stock NO hood from my 20gallon high (17w NO), which hangs over a bit on either side of the tank so I don't know how much is actually getting into the tank (this runs from 6am until 10pm). Then I have a 13w CF shop light (5" bulb or so) hanging off the right side of the tank (this runs from 3:30pm until 10pm). I'd love to leave the shop light on all day but don't trust it without someone watching it....
Those combined should get me close to low-medium light I would hope. I dosed a little bit of Excel yesterday and added some light ferts (little bit of potassium and some more calcium). I figure the algae wafers and flake food will more than make up the phosphate and trace/iron requirements.
What I really want to do is once I get a large population of snails, remove the floating plants. They are somewhat of a mess as some leaves are dying and clogging the small Whisper 10gallon-rated filter. I want that "sea of snails" look you have.
Those combined should get me close to low-medium light I would hope. I dosed a little bit of Excel yesterday and added some light ferts (little bit of potassium and some more calcium). I figure the algae wafers and flake food will more than make up the phosphate and trace/iron requirements.
What I really want to do is once I get a large population of snails, remove the floating plants. They are somewhat of a mess as some leaves are dying and clogging the small Whisper 10gallon-rated filter. I want that "sea of snails" look you have.