Ph 7.2
Temp 28 c
Water Changes 50% once a week.
Vacuuming of substrate, Never.
Additives, Easy Life Fluid Filter media and Indian almond leaf, I do not use any ferts.
Filter, Sponge. Aquael EASYHEATER
Aqua One LED Mini Touch LED 6w Touch Clip On,
That's to bad, was liking the plants above the tank. The lighting when you take pics are spectacular, wish my pics looked like that. Whenever I do tank pics the lighting is always to strong since I have that sand substrate.
Now some of you are going to be horrified when you see this, But relax its cool.
Take 1 bucket half fill with water, Take 2 Indian almond leaves crush them and stuff them into a power head filter, then put in bucket of water, after 2 days you get this.
Next siphon out 50% of the water in the tank and refill with the water from the bucket in the above photo. When done add 30 milliliters of Easy Life fluid Filter Media.
This video shows me adding Easy life and how much current there is in the tank, The cloudiness is normal and clears up in a few hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22_51OM-Gx8
Today I added a half a milliliter of API CO2 booster, The directions say 1 milliliter per 10 gallons per day, I figure there is 12 to 13 gallons of water in the tank. Lets see how things go.
Personally I'd stick with the old light. The plants look good and everything seems to be in balance. No need to change a good thing and risk major problems. With the extra red and blue diodes, the new light would make a bang-up fixture for an emergent growth/terrarium/dsm setup. If you've got a spare small tank laying around an emergent setup with intention of flooding at a later date would be my recommendation. Doing so will give you time to gather the stuff the new setup will need with that light. I'm going to guess that a CO2 setup will be a certainty; that's a lot of light for a small tank.
6 Watts and no ferts! Ok I'm in shock. Amazing plant growth. I think my frogbit failed because I have quite a lot of surface water movement and your video looks very serene. I also wonder if my water being soft doesn't help... just looking for other reasons lol.
Obviously your water is as good as Eugene, Oregon's water was. It must have a great combination of Dh and GH hardness elements and iron present. My water here on the coast is practically rain water soft with a bit of tannins, but it grows algae better than plants.:icon_sad:
The upside is my Shrimp always have something to nibble.
No idea as I have never tested it, I was once told its moderately soft, Its too soft for mystery snails without calcium supplements they suffer shell erosion, but my red cherry shrimp breed faster than pest snails.
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