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bcarl_10gal
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Honestly I couldn't tell much difference between the two powders, but I don't have great eyes.
BCarl's 26 gallon Bf Build
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tiger terror
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Ahh the conformation you were looking for is at last....confirmed!
I'll be keeping up on how things progress...
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tiger terror
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Sup B...got word from another that you may have been growing Proserpinaca Palustris(aka mermaid weed)...if so how well has it grown for you & any for sale?
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bcarl_10gal
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I used to.... It died completely last month when i went out of town. I wasnt a big fan of it. I could never get it to fill out the way i wanted it to.
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bcarl_10gal
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I was considering a plant called parrot feather, similar leaf structure but it doesnt color up.
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I used to grow this stuff in a pond. It would be in a pot a few inches below the surface. Very prolific emersed growth. In the winter I would drop the pot to the bottom of the pond (protect it against ice/snow). It would produce fine red needle like leaves underwater under direct sunlight.
I never thought about using this as an aquarium plant. Go for it!
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bcarl_10gal
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Weekly Update!
Things are going just okay, the Bylxa doesn't seem to like that spot under the wood. It might be due to a lack of CO2 or the root tab thats still under there. I moved a few clumps of it to the soil tubs to see how it reacts. It could just be getting used to the tank still. My AR starting stunting again, not sure why. I didn't have much phosphate or nitrate in the tank so I fixed that. Also I cleaned out the inline diffuser and I am now getting smaller bubbles. The cabomba is not as extended, I made a small light positioning adjustment and it seemed to help.
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Things are going just okay, the Bylxa doesn't seem to like that spot under the wood. It might be due to a lack of CO2 or the root tab thats still under there. I moved a few clumps of it to the soil tubs to see how it reacts. It could just be getting used to the tank still. My AR starting stunting again, not sure why. I didn't have much phosphate or nitrate in the tank so I fixed that. Also I cleaned out the inline diffuser and I am now getting smaller bubbles. The cabomba is not as extended, I made a small light positioning adjustment and it seemed to help.
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http://i.imgur.com/SnduVwt.jpg
A very notable diffence between these two pics of your tank..Very healthy growth&in comparison your tank seems to be coming around very well..
http://i.imgur.com/Sn3c9EW.jpg
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A very notable diffence between these two pics of your tank..Very healthy growth&in comparison your tank seems to be coming around very well..
http://i.imgur.com/Sn3c9EW.jpg
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bcarl_10gal
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Something is still a little bit off, but we are getting there. What do you guys dose for traces? I think im either to high or not enough.
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bcarl_10gal
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Update! Finally got the reactor installed and I am very pleased with how it turned out. Now I am waiting to see how fast the drop checker will change. Still seeing some weird issues with multiple plants. I really do not know whats causing this.... Even the plants in the Aquasoil are showing some symptoms as well. The Aquasoil is by far the best, this is the biggest downoi I ever grown. I am confident the pictures do NOT show a potassium deficiency, the good news is still no algae.
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tiger terror
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Seems like something's still a little outta whack..I had a similar issue with the ar...I bumped the phosphates up& seems to have stopped the issue...
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Cough cough... water... cough cough 
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bcarl_10gal
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Phosphates were at about 1-2ppm before the water change. Switched back to the standard GH booster. Its just so weird that some plants grow like weeds and others melt.
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Sk3lly
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Photos are classic cases of too much light, poor co2 supply.
Maybe start asking the questions in other forums aimed specifically at planted tanks and you'll get that answer.
Simply nothing to do with phosphates
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Simply nothing to do with phosphates
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bcarl_10gal
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I agree with you 100% that is exactly what the pictures look like. What I have trouble grasping is how was I able to grow the tank with 100% on the BML for the first three months with 0 issues. I had worse CO2, flow and care of this tank. Anyways, I also may have been getting a false reading off my drop checker from all the microbubbles. Since hooking up the reactor I run the same BPS and the drop checkers don't seen to change colors as easy. I have checked for leaks and I am confident there are none. I am going to check the pH drop to give a rough estimate.
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I only use my drop checker as a quick look indicator to see if something is wrong. I know it is lime green at lights on. If not something has happened. Its too slow to give an accurate measurement for co2.
Also test kits are inaccurate. Even our good old liquid tests are purely a ball park figure. Still not accurate to hold down precise figures for phosphates/nitrates etc...
The way i measure my co2 is by using a pH pen to create a pH profile. I try to achieve a 1 unit pH drop before lights on. Its very important to have a good co2 concentration at lights on. This way of measurement is instant and does not have the lag time of the drop checker. Still this method is not fully accurate as there are so many variables in our tanks
All of our testing should be for a 'rough' idea. None of us have the kind of test equipment that can scientifically give us a accurate result. People cant seriously think that the water companies around the world are holding up little test tubes full of water up to a colour card to determine the nitrates in the water.
The only real way we know that we are doing things right is plant indicators. If a plant is not growing well, then there is a reason for this. Plant health issues are normally co2 related. We give our plants all the nutrients they need and plenty of light (especially some people). The only thing aquarists generally struggle with is the correct amount of co2 to balance with the lighting. Many people on this site need to pump far more co2 into their tanks because of crazy high lighting. Of course this is impossible due to livestock. Im a firm believer that this is the main cause of a lot of the visible algae seen on this site. Im also a firm believer that tank cleanliness really helps fight algae.
Ok rant for the day over lol
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Also test kits are inaccurate. Even our good old liquid tests are purely a ball park figure. Still not accurate to hold down precise figures for phosphates/nitrates etc...
The way i measure my co2 is by using a pH pen to create a pH profile. I try to achieve a 1 unit pH drop before lights on. Its very important to have a good co2 concentration at lights on. This way of measurement is instant and does not have the lag time of the drop checker. Still this method is not fully accurate as there are so many variables in our tanks
All of our testing should be for a 'rough' idea. None of us have the kind of test equipment that can scientifically give us a accurate result. People cant seriously think that the water companies around the world are holding up little test tubes full of water up to a colour card to determine the nitrates in the water.
The only real way we know that we are doing things right is plant indicators. If a plant is not growing well, then there is a reason for this. Plant health issues are normally co2 related. We give our plants all the nutrients they need and plenty of light (especially some people). The only thing aquarists generally struggle with is the correct amount of co2 to balance with the lighting. Many people on this site need to pump far more co2 into their tanks because of crazy high lighting. Of course this is impossible due to livestock. Im a firm believer that this is the main cause of a lot of the visible algae seen on this site. Im also a firm believer that tank cleanliness really helps fight algae.
Ok rant for the day over lol
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bcarl_10gal
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Good post, keeping the BML off until I can get the reactor working better. Not seeing much of a pH drop. just took it off the tank to do a leak test and everything looked fine. Tightened everything up more just to be sure. Hopefully my drop checker will change now...
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bcarl_10gal
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Made some changes, reactor now tilted at 20deg, did a leak test in the pool(no leaks), got the drop checkers to a light green but cant seem to hit a yellow yet. Starting to think i had a false reading from the co2 mist rising into the drop checkers.
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So Sk3lly, if i dont have enough Co2, then why do I not have algae and i have a pH drop of 1.3 when the light comes on? Degassed water has a pH of 7.6. Tank has a pH of 6.3. This just doesnt add up to me. Plenty of people run about 80 PAR and do not have fish gasping for air and no plant issues, i did it with LESS co2 when the tank started. The lights are turned way down and CO2 is still up so we should see some results in a few weeks.
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