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beginragnarok · 01-25-2013, 02:37 PM

I have a pasta sauce jar that a few leaves at a time soak in along with indirect sunlight. This acomplishes two things. first the tanic acid is leached out (I don't like the blackwater look either) and it creates a perfect place for the infusoria culture to mature = plenty of food for your wee ones

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I replace 80% of the water a week with dechlorinated or RO water. Hope this answers your questions.

-Zach

01-25-2013, 02:37 PM	#2
beginragnarok Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA, Earth Posts: 145	I have a pasta sauce jar that a few leaves at a time soak in along with indirect sunlight. This acomplishes two things. first the tanic acid is leached out (I don't like the blackwater look either) and it creates a perfect place for the infusoria culture to mature = plenty of food for your wee ones. I replace 80% of the water a week with dechlorinated or RO water. Hope this answers your questions. -Zach __________________ 20L journal