Mmiller2001
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Saw the news this morning and wondered if you were struggling. Good thing you were prepared!
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BPS is irrelevant, that said 8bps for a 150 gallon seems extremely low. How are you diffusing CO2? FYI, anything over 75 gallons is going to need a reactor. Hopefully you are using one. For balancing, first thing I would do is triple check you are getting a solid 1 to 1.5 pH drop from degassed to peak CO2.
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On 3/29/2024 at 1:39 PM, JoeQ said:
50% most sundays, although im starting to skip a week now and then according to my tds & available time.
So you dose 2ppm three times a week. So that’s an accumulation total of 12ppm.
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On 3/29/2024 at 1:33 PM, JoeQ said:
Wow! Im at 2 every other day, (plus whatever is in my tap) for a moderately planted with medium light. 2-3ppm for a sparsely planted tank just seems high.
How often do you water change and how much
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Drop it down to 2 or 3ppm. If you see GSA, raise it 1ppm until the GSA goes away.
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I would buy MgSO4 (Epson salt) CaSO4 and K2CO3. All are inexpensive and will last a year or more. Ca and Mg for GH and the K2CO3 for KH if you want to add it. I personally don’t add KH to my RO water but some African species of fish will need it.
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On 3/24/2024 at 1:04 PM, Mikon77 said:
I definitely want what’s best for my fish. I don’t want to risk ph swings harming them
Again, pH swing does not harm fish. This is a wives tale. If GH and KH are stable (0dKH is stable), and the fish are in the appropriate/stable parameters, then pH is irrelevant. This wives tale is continually passed on by those who only read and regurgitate old and outdate knowledge.
Let me know if you see dying or stressed fish here.
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On 3/24/2024 at 10:56 AM, Mikon77 said:
Wouldn’t a low Kh be bad though? I heard a low Kh would cause ph swings.
It doesn’t and pH swing doesn’t harm fish. Here’s my daily pH.
Heres my tank as well.
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I’d go with a ratio that brings GH down to 4 or 5 degrees, ignore KH.
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If this was me, I would be concerned I didn’t have enough plants and would quadruple the plant load in the tank. Hopefully the EG arrives soon and start dosing at half the recommended until the plants start growing.
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On 3/23/2024 at 12:26 PM, Whitecloud09 said:
@Tony s, I did a water change and everything, just checked and now it’s .50 ppm. So….wait right? Then recheck tomorrow. Might need to do another one again tomorrow.
If this was me, I’d do another water change. I would also do 50% changes daily until no ammonia or nitrite are present.
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On 3/23/2024 at 8:12 AM, svachon9 said:
Ph is around 7.7. KH is 100
You want a DTPA Iron and I would dose .35 to .45ppm Fe
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What’s the average pH of the tank?
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On 3/23/2024 at 6:00 AM, Whitecloud09 said:
Thanks @Mmiller2001, but idk if I can get it off the cave….any ideas?
If it’s glued, just work it like removing a sticker.
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They tie them together. Will need to cut and open the root ball.
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I like black substrate and black backgrounds. Using a Moss wall can add dept and make certain color really shine. My tank is in transition so you can get a feel for both. I have a black substrate, a moss wall on the right and a Trip wall started on the back with areas of black showing still. Hope this can help you decide.
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On 3/21/2024 at 6:16 PM, Little Guys said:
What are the plants with pink and red color?
In my tank?
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On 3/20/2024 at 1:16 PM, knee said:
Nice! I love week Aqua. Not sure if you did this already but they came out with a new Bluetooth chip and it makes the ramp up/down smoother instead of it jumping to a different brightness.
Do you use the presets or did you make your own light settings?
I had to replace one Bluetooth chip and noticed what you say, found out a few days ago there’s a v3 chip. He sent me v2 chips when I bought them.
I use my own settings.
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On 3/20/2024 at 1:00 PM, knee said:
Are you using Week Aqua P series? I can’t tell but it looks similar to my light
I do, 3xp600’s
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On 3/20/2024 at 12:16 PM, Whitecloud09 said:
No I don’t. would that cause algae if I had it?
Low CO2 would. I’d spot dose H2O2 and then do a couple of larger water changes. You could possibly lower light intensity a smidge and go from there.
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Do you use CO2?
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I thought I knew what direction I was going, but not so much now 😆. Tons of work yet to come.
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Black Diamond Blasting Sand here. No washing and have Cory Cats.
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Holes in Altnernanthera reineckii mini
in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
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Looks like someone is eating the weaker leaves due to deterioration. 1 pump is nowhere near enough. I’d do 18 pumps a week followed by 50% water changes. So 18 pumps over 6 days, 7th day water change and repeat.