Mmiller2001
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Definitely stop the vacuuming. I might tap the surface in a few spots every once in a while. I would only deep vacuum on a restart. Plant more, absolutely fill that tank with plants. Are you dosing gla's schedule? I'm also thinking the substrate looks a bit too deep. How many inches?
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Just went through the AGA tanks this year. I'm not sure how a third place tank happens with no Dutch street. I might have gotten a top 10. Ah well.
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Yes.
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Non, I dose the incoming water to my targets and then use water changes to adjust the tank. I use CaSO4 and MgSO4. Then set the ratio using rotalabutterfly for the calculation.
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For those interested, I moved the tank to 5.2dGH I'm still using 3:1, so 24ppm Calcium and 8ppm Magnesium.
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Yeah. 😭. I really wanted it. It looks so good with those plants. Your tank is looking really nice. -
Fantastic tanks @anewbie. Well done, love that 10 gallon.
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Oh, that is a nice substrate. Jealous.
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nutrient deficiency with my Java fern?
Mmiller2001 replied to plantedAlex's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
Low on nutrients and low CO2. My action would be to increase both of those. -
I have a current USA. Great light, best dawn to dusk ramp I've run across. Will do low light plants just fine. No true reds though, limiting programming but over all I really liked the light. I just don't use it anymore. Casts a bit of yellow same as all lights that use white diodes.
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Yeah, that will damage them. I do 10ml H202 to 1 gallon of water for 10 minutes. Or spot dose 15ml per 10 gallons of water.
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How long did you leave it on there? Was it diluted?
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What was the pH before and after?
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Hmm, interesting. Pretty cool actually. I will look into doing that. Thank you.
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Per @Minanora recommendation,.placed some rocks around to sink a few pieces. I cleaned the moss wall, installed better support and tried to attach some wood to it. This was a fail. I'm not sure how I will get the overhang look without specific wood pieces. Anyways, did a few more plant attaching, seeing lots of Trident melt and diatoms have started.
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Talk to me about Easy Carbon
Mmiller2001 replied to Tactical Error's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
No, it's definitely not needed and can harm both plants and fish. -
Okay, one of these should be used to complete the seal. I would take very soapy water and slather it all over the connections at the tank and around the regulator and look for any leaks. If non are showing, exchange the regulator.
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Those set down in a groove in the regulator?
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What do they look like?
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You installed a seal when you connected it?
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You are under filtered for this kind of stocking level. Add in that you don't have the tank full. Probably about 23 or 24 (maybe) gallons in there after substrate, plants and fish. This is ammonia related. Also, the intakes on the filter look blocked, further reducing tank turn over. The majority of plants like soft water and lower Karbonate hardness. They may be struggling a bit as well from nonoptimal parameters
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It depends on your goals honestly. What's the alkalinity of the tank?
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sorry if this has been ask before
Mmiller2001 replied to jsem321's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
Okay, ty. My above response would be my approach. -
sorry if this has been ask before
Mmiller2001 replied to jsem321's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
Can you show me the whole tank? If not, I would discontinue root tabs and dose EG at a quarter of what you are dosing now. The tank is too new to be dosing so much. I would drop your nitrates down to around 10. The 10ppm Nitrates needs to come from your dosing. I'd also drop the light duration down to around 7 hours with a bit less intensity. -
What size tank and which filters? And can you post a whole tank shot.
