Hello, again!
Not too long ago I set up a 45g tall. I have a bonsai DW tree with moss, and try to get a DHG carpet. I know for a fact I didn't have the lighting for growing a carpet. That said I plunged in and bought a 36 inch finnex planted+24/7. I love it so much because of 24/7 mode of course so I can see my tank at night.
Now i think it would it be better if I was to put the light on my timer and have it at max settings for fast growth? I dose about 2.5ML of flourish a day, it's under dosed because I keep shrimp.
With that stated, I also have a fluvel pressurized co2 system, it came with regulator, needle valve, drop counter, some tubing but not enough. And I bought a drop checker. It isn't my ideal long term co2 system. Soon I'll upgrade to the real deal.
But for now I keep it on 24/7 mode and turn my co2 on at 6A.M. to 7 or 9 pm.
I just don't know what I should do. I want to see my tank lit up when I'm home but I don't know if the co2 should be on all day/night since during evening hours the light is low or off.
TL;DR: max light on timer(12PM-11pm) with co2 on since 6am, or 24/7 mode co2 on at 6AM off at 6PM-9PM/ or keep it on all the time?
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Not too long ago I set up a 45g tall. I have a bonsai DW tree with moss, and try to get a DHG carpet. I know for a fact I didn't have the lighting for growing a carpet. That said I plunged in and bought a 36 inch finnex planted+24/7. I love it so much because of 24/7 mode of course so I can see my tank at night.
Now i think it would it be better if I was to put the light on my timer and have it at max settings for fast growth? I dose about 2.5ML of flourish a day, it's under dosed because I keep shrimp.
With that stated, I also have a fluvel pressurized co2 system, it came with regulator, needle valve, drop counter, some tubing but not enough. And I bought a drop checker. It isn't my ideal long term co2 system. Soon I'll upgrade to the real deal.
But for now I keep it on 24/7 mode and turn my co2 on at 6A.M. to 7 or 9 pm.
I just don't know what I should do. I want to see my tank lit up when I'm home but I don't know if the co2 should be on all day/night since during evening hours the light is low or off.
TL;DR: max light on timer(12PM-11pm) with co2 on since 6am, or 24/7 mode co2 on at 6AM off at 6PM-9PM/ or keep it on all the time?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Aquarium Advice mobile app
