Man... sorry to hear about all the drama with your tank. So the tank is going in the bathroom? I'd be a little worried about aerosols being sprayed after doing "the business" in there and entering a topless tank. Eek!
Yeah that would be good, I use plain potting soil. You have to mist once in a while and cover it with clear wrap.
A single 23 w is fine, it turns yellow if you have too much light. It is really easy to grow in dirt. Oh and to avoid it melting in water, do low light at first then high light with co2. I don't dose heavy until it carpets, ADA AS should still be good until it cycles.
How your water? Is it hard or soft? I like low ph, kh with med gh personally.
Whoa whoa, don't do that! Get store brought dirt. You don't want to introduce any nasty growth in your bin. You want it clean without white strings or whatever else.
Lol I did. It's just outside because I'm not allowed to have "dirt" inside and also the sun is a free source of light. It's as store bought as it gets, fresh out of the package. It's covered and everything, don't worry.
save yourself some money and buy dry ferts, you can always mix your own recipe or simply dry dose. All the fertilizers you buy are just the diluted powders, the ones that are all in one use potassium sorbate and ascorbic acid to lower the acidity, which keeps the phosphate from binding to the iron. Do some research..
I know traffic is bad down there but, is east and west LA really that far apart lol its the same city.
The ADA one is nice as well, it comes in those pump bottles right? Which I think is EVEN EASIER than the aquavitro bottles where you pour into the cap then into the tank.
The Easylife range is working well for me atm. You just have to pour it into a dose/pump bottle. 120L tank: 4-5mls of macros odd days. 4-5 mls of micros even days. Extra K after a trim. Otherwise Borneo Wild comes in a convenient pump bottle, just as good as anything I've ever used.
Nothing just mats and shipping I like doing it if you really want some we can work something out. It won't be the fancy aquavitro stuff though. Well if you want I can buy that and ship to you too haha but I dunno how much that'll be for shipping.
Do you mean mixing dry ferts into water and putting it into bottles? That would be more specific to my needs and less expensive than ADA stuff, right? Just PM me with details cuz I'm interested.
Bserve join scapeclub.org
if you haven't already, better more local resources for your needs.
One of the members sells dry ferts and will ship them to your door.
How much butterfly u need? I got easy access to lots.
The CO2 upgrade is glassware, lol. We're building a new stand next weekend so I need a new bubble counter/regulator that fits the design. Wait... Did I say something about needing new tools? If I did, oops.
^ Thanks for the offer but I doubt they will survive the trip here. It's getting cold, colder than a Polar bear's toe nail. Oh yo, forgot to ask, how your HC Cuba farm going?
Naw, I heard it was bio-degradable. I wonder if it would break down in a tank. What glassware of Co2 are you getting? Or is it a surprise? I use a cig filter.
New Clear tubes and a ceramic glass diffuser with a counter built in.
In other news, the HC and Hydrocoytle is rooting! This is the first time carpets are working (hopefully I don't jinx myself), usually they don't root and they just sit there until a fish starts eating it. I'll post pictures when I get home. I just can't wait to build my new stand with my dad!
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