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User
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RoseHawke
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Size
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55 Gallon
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Date Started
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January 2006
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Lighting
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AHSupply 4x55 PC w/ GE9325K lamps on for 10 hours daily (presently only using 1 bank for 2WPG.)
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Equipment
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Eheim 2028 Cannister Filter; Hydor heater; Milwaukee PH monitor w/Pinpoint probe; Turbotwist 18W UVS
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CO2
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10# pressurized timed with the lights
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Substrate
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Eco-complete
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Parameters
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PH 6-6.5; KH 0-2dKH° (depending on if I add sodium bicarbonate or not); GH 5-6dKH°; PO4 1ppm (I do have a tad of green spot algae currently showing up. I'm raising this slowly;) KNO3 20+ppm
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Fertilization
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EI (Estimative Index); 1.5 tsp KNO3; 3/8 tsp K2SO4; 3/8 tsp KH2PO4 per 2 weeks divided up into a daily automated dose. 10ml Flourish; 10ml FE; 150ml Excel over two weeks supplied in a daily automated dose.
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Plants
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Lilaeopsis brasiliensis; Sagittaria subulata; Hemianthus callichtroides; Hemianthus micranthemoides; Hygrophila corymbosa; Alternanthera reineckii; Limnophila aromatica; and I recently added some Blyxa japonica.
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Inhabitants
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10 Harlequin Rasboras; 3 Otocinclus catfish; 3 yo-yo loaches; Cherry Shrimp
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Comments
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This is Take III after a battle with GDA (Green Dust Algae.) At the moment there is no hardscape as such, although I may add some later.
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