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Bert2oo1: Hey buddy, I have Amano shrimps which may turn blue, suffocate and die before any fish feels nauseating..... Hahaha. Shrimps mostly stay hidden, so hard to know what happens to them. Caliban07: Nice video, it will be a beauty once your plants cover up the ground. Thanks.

Day Four Progress/Observation Upped the NO3 from 10 to 20, PO4 from 1 to 2, KH from 15 to 17, GH 8 to 11........ so going on full throttle :thumb:, tomorrow I am going to add Flourish Comprehensive 5 ml. and repeat this cycle after every two days.... Also do a 33% water change after a week...

Day Three Progress/Setback.... :D When changed light intensity from 75% to 100%, within 4 hrs developed green spot algae on wall area near the CO2 diffuser. So moved back to 75% intensity. The CO2 was maintained as per 15 kDH @ 7.1 pH i.e. between 28 - 34 ppm of CO2. NO3 = 10, PO4 = 1 and TDS...

Took the shot.......... (Aaaaah!) Hey folks: Following are my changes: 1. Raised my dKH to 15 - So as to attain proper CO2 ppm i.e 29+ at pH of 7.1 (as suggested by Caliban07) 2. Changed to HPS bulb - To get more red spectrum, and it has 30,000 more Lumens. 3. Light Intensity 75% and for 8...

Swapped bulbs! hey guys: Just swapped the bulb. Currently up till now I was using the bulb with top image, swapped it with the bulb of bottom image, seems less green and more red in the bottom bulb. Pls. suggest. (again pls click on the image to make it readable).

Thank you both Hi guys: Made some changes as per your suggestion and will keep on increasing light hours slowly (pls. see my worksheet's comments for future dates). I will also update you on the progress of the plants. After increasing my light from 50% to 75% today I noticed a very thin...

Hi Caliban07: Light: Schedule is 3hrs ON - 1hr OFF - 1.5hrs ON - 1.5hrs OFF - 1hr ON I switch ON my CO2 at 7am where as my light switch on at 9:30, giving enough time for CO2 to be ideal (7.2 with KH between 8 and 11), when the lights comes on. Need to watch my CO2 levels because of Amano...

Hi Caliban07: As u must have noted under timers I have 'Air 7pm to 7am', so heavy aeration during night, which increases my pH from 7.2 to 7.9/8.0 in the morning before injecting CO2. CO2 is distributed evenly in the tank as when I was testing the light the pearling rate would be even through...

Hi Bert2oo1: Lets take Nov., did a 25 G water change in 12 days.......... i.e. 55% in currently 12 days but will go up to 14 days. So yes 55% water change in 14+ days. Previous month I did 47 G in 19 days that is almost 100% in 20 days. Planning not do that many water changes in this month. So...

Probably my previous data was not that readable so I am trying to put clear images of it again for my esteemed viewers, just click on the image to get a focused/sharper view.

Hi Caliban07: On the 'Enviroment' the second is filtration which is mentioned at 525 gph. I have even defined the filters I am using in it. I had used an in-line-diffuser. But my diffuser is now in the tank. CO2 is monitored by milwaukee instruments pH meter, and seems like pretty accurate to...

Hi Bert2oo1: As mentioned on the 2nd page 'Environment' under 'Timers' you can see the the hours I run my CO2, with help of Milwaukee Instruments pH meter, I set it up for 7.2 cutoff. It is constantly monitored and released when needed slowly of course. Please read my NO3 and PO4 values and see...

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