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must add, i keep a very regular maintenance schedule. 50% wc once a week, ferts dosing daily with the EL method and filter cleaning once a month. i try and keep everything by the book but something's off and cannot point my finger at it :/

hi, thanks for your reply. yes, i'm remineralising my water. i keep my gh at 5 and use an alkaline buffer. i have control over all water parameters and my initial goal was to raise ph to 7.8 in order for the co2 to keep it down at 6.8. problem doing so is my kh raised too in doing that so...

hi all, i'll try to keep it short! heavily planted hi-tech tank, 100% ro water, gh 5, kh 9, EL ferts, . problem is, i noticed green algae was spreading quite quickly over everything and, more recently, BBA has appeared in hi flow areas. the tank ph sits naturally at around 7.1 which, by chart...

Yes, co2 running during the day only. 6.8 target merely because commonly considered the most suitable to most fish. Light maximum intensity is between 37 and 42 watts per liter depending on the height of the ground. Bottom end of high intensity.

Thanks for your reply. I’m not using aquasoil but power sand. I thought the principle would be the same and gave a huge spike in ammonia all the same but my ph was extremely low, about 5.5. Had to buffer kh to bring it at around 7.1 so the co2 would kick in during the day and bring it down to my...

Hello all. I recently restarted my tank from scratch. I used ADA powersand and tropica soil as substrate and 100% ro water. I’m using seachem equilibrium and alkaline buffer to adjust gh/kh and co2 to balance ph. Issue is, my tank finished cycling and my nitrates are around 80ppm. Out of...

Thanks all for the advice. In the meanwhile, the ph controller set at 6.3 and possibly the new position of the diffuser has turned the drop checker green-ish. Will see how it goes in the next days and use your bits of information to try and improve!

Thanks for the advice, will look into the EI to study dosage etc. I have 2 t8 tubes 45w each, with reflectors. I don't have a par meter, so would not know how to measure it, but there's an 18in distance between tubes and substrate, so probably not a great radiation reaching the bottom. Although...

Thanks, will give it a go. Ordered a liquid fertilizer yesterday. Will start adminster it when i get it, although a bit concerned the copper in it might harm the shrimps.

Is a fluval 306, standad setup with the outlet on top and inlet on bottom on the same corner. Co2 diffuser was on the opposite corner and mist was flying everywhere and sticking on threes and plants. Now, as said, i moved it close to the inlet.

The tank is 4 months old. All values are at zero, including nitrates, which i find a bit odd given i have 20 fish, 6 shrimps and an apple snail. I'm trying to figure out how much of a "new tank sindrome" i may have, but other than a fair amount of long hair green algae, everithing seems fine.

Thanks Thanks for your reply. When i checked the ph/kh table, 6.8 seemed ok, but i thought about cheating by bringing it further down. Thing is, in the morning, after it's been off all night, ph is at 7.3. I think is the amazonia making the water very basic. I have cherry and rili shrips, my...

I'll try to keep it short! Set up: 180l tank, 4 months old, ada amazonia soil, external canister filter. I have a co2 system with ph regulator. Kh is between 3 and 4, so the regulator keeps ph at 6.8. After a while i noticed that plants were not really growing fast or nicely and my shrimps would...