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On 11/28/2022 at 9:47 PM, Seattle_Aquarist said:
Looks better to me; but the photoperiod is long....watch for algae issues. -Roy
How about this? 1 hour ramp up, 6 hours on, 1 hour ramp down? 8 hours total.
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On 11/28/2022 at 6:52 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Not sure really. Diatoms just seem to take advantage of the early period of a new/reset tank.
Well this is what I cranked the lights up to, gonna see what that does… hopefully it helps… look good?
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On 11/28/2022 at 6:30 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Yeah, a reset starts the algae cycle to come. Going through it right now myself. Perfectly normal. Keep an eye on CO2, keep up dosing and water changes. Try to get your plant load as high as possible. Plant load being high is the defense against algae.
I’ve been keeping my drop checker at green for the co2. So why do people say that diatoms grow more crazy with higher light? Is there like a reason they think that?
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On 11/28/2022 at 6:25 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
New tank or well established?
The filter was running for months, but then I gutted the tank, all new sand, plants and everything else is 100% new as of like a month or so ago. So basically the filter was established the rest wasn’t
To show how much of a diatom issue I’m having:
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On 11/28/2022 at 5:12 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
I would have blues up. I have blue in my light that I keep higher.
Okay, even if I see a lot of diatoms, just keep it all the way up? I was just told diatoms love light so confused is all. Haha 🙂 thank you for input
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On 11/28/2022 at 3:27 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
2 36inch 3.0's.
I would leave them at 100% until you see a problem.
All of them besides blue?
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On 11/28/2022 at 3:20 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
I don't think 2 of those is enough light in general. You're probably fine. If you see algae, just lower intensity some and watch.
You don’t think what is enough light? And you’re saying I’m fine with how I had it set? Or how nabo recommended me to change it?
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So it won’t hurt that I’ll be turning down my light right? Like will plants be alright etc? I was just told that you have to have max light with co2 that’s why I had it so high
On 11/28/2022 at 2:00 PM, nabokovfan87 said:As long as it's brown diatoms (not a scarlet red color) then you would just brush them off surfaces and filter them out. Keep up with the filter cleaning for now while you have this excess gunk floating around. If it's red in color, that could be a bacterial algae.
I would research that specifically, under BGA - "Blue Green Algae" and see what you can find that might match what you're seeing.
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On 11/28/2022 at 1:04 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
Welcome to the forums!
There is a thread with a lot of tips and setups for the 3.0. I don't know if anyone have anything specific for a 90-125G, but that would be a place to check. You should see it on the top row of the general page (where it lists all the forum categories).
Start with things lower just to gauge how the light is doing for you.
I'd probably start with:
Pure white: 65%
Cold white: 35%
Warm white: 45%
Red: 40%
Blue 5%
Once you see things doing ok. You can either expand the intensity slowly (5% at a time) every few weeks or go ahead and increase your window from the one you have now up to ~8-10 hours.
What color diatoms?
So I did look it up. I do for sure just have typical brown algae (diatoms) in my tank. It wipes right off leaves etc by hand. Also, does this look better for how the lights are set now?
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Hiya! Thank you for the reply! The diatoms are that red color. Or brownish red, keeps covering all the leaves and junk on my plants, but mainly the wood gets it pretty bad. I can rub it off with fingers very easily and gently.
I have resulted to using a fx6 spray bar pointed upwards to the surface for agitation and circulation in the tank to move the plants some also.
I’ll change my lights for sure if you think that could help! 🙂
I originally had them all at 75% besides blue 0% and red being 5% for the past few weeks, Then last night I cranked them up to what it shows in the picture because I read online that you need more intense light since I’m injecting co2 now, so was a little confused and jacked it up. Lol
In case co2 settings are needed; I’m using a co2 art bazooka difusser with 45psi of pressure and not sure how many drops per second, I just know my drop checker is on the other side of the tank shows green. Took me 4 days to get it dialed in haha
I do have a seachem tidal 110 on the way and I have those fluval clearmax bags here I planned to throw (2?) into to see if that would help the issue also.
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Hey guys, I’m 100% new here and I need some help. Little breakdown of my aquarium:
125 gallon/2-Fluval 3.0 36”/Black Diamond BS substrate/20lb co2 tank with all co2 art pro items/ fluval fx6/ 650gph circ pump to help spread co2 across tank
6-Red belly piranha, a couple nerite snails
Okay so I’m having a huge issue with trying to figure out what perctages I should be running my fluval lights at. Right now I’m battling a lot of diatoms in my tank, I read online that higher light can make it better? I do have a drop checker and it is green. What should my lights be set at for my tank? And any suggestions on how to solve my diatom issue????
Plants I have: giant bungle val, tiger lotus, stem plants (not sure what, came in a lot of “Suprise” lol), Amazon swords, lots of crypts, pink flamingo, Crinum, broadleaf chain sword, Java moss, dwarf sagSo mostly low-med light plants. Any help or advice and help is very much appreciated!
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Okay, so you’re saying change the ramp up and down to 30minutes and 8 hours in between ?