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I am still very new to this. I have been following the GLA suggestions in terms of dosing. On the second day of dosing (so 3 days since the start) I went from 0ppm to 80+ppm. I got rather worried and did a water change today (I needed to do it for ich treatment as well). I tested the water...

After a crazy transition from Northern Virginia to Kansas City, Missouri, I finally got my 40g breeder back up and running. The plan was to set this up right after I moved but I suffered from sepsis so that recovery put things on hold, especially with the new job transition. Anyway, here's the...

I'm planning on fertilizing my tank according to EI, but I can't do weekly water changes; I'm shooting for bi-weekly. As you probably know, the driving factor behind EI water changes is the maximum allowable concentration of each nutrient. Interestingly, I've been unable to find much discussion...

Am I correct in thinking that if I've been dosing via the EI method and my Nitrate and Phosphate is still hanging around zero, that I can increase the dosage? For context I let my substrate run out of nutrients and I'm rushing to get macros back into the tank. Algae has taken over.

Hello, i have a problem with my staurogyne repens, yellowing and hole on the leaves, then melt. I check the stem so far so good, so it happens only to the leaves. My tanks is 20 gallon, I dose EI , water change 50% every sunday, CO2 35ppm , 60 Watt LED Light DIY. Maybe someone knew this kind of...

Should I use RODI? Distilled? Tap? Someone also said boiled and cooled. I'm planning to add a teaspoon of distilled vinegar to my micros also, would this be ok? How about preventing mould in the bottles? Thanks!

Is 150PAR at the top of a tank and 40PAR at the bottom enough light for EI dosing? I want to start with EI as it seems to provide a good balance of nutrients and is way cheaper than commercial solution. I use flourish excel as a source of carbon for my plants at the moment, would EI dosing be...

Hello all! I've been a long time reader as I prepared and then prepared again to take up fish/plant keeping. I really want to thank all of you who provide great information for those of us who are less experienced and learning. It's made the hobby much more enjoyable thus far! I've tried to...

Hello Everyone, I recently set up a 7 gallon tank. I have ADA substrate, small CO2 (stone diffuser arriving shortly) and a 18'' Finnex Ray2. I also have a Eheim Ecco canister filter blowing things around rather harshly. The light can go as low as 12" above substrate. Its a bit of a...

Hey everyone! I've been trying to figure out how to best treat my RODI water after a WC, as well as the balance of fertilizers to use in my tank. I used to use Seachem for water treatments and fertilizing but it's just getting to be too expensive and I really want to be in control of exactly...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to share what I've come up with here. I have been a nosey kid visiting these forums now and then when in need of info or inspiration. Noting much to add at the time as there's so much knowledge here already that it blows my mind. I've been a sucker for aquascaping as...

Recently my root tabs were depleted so I switched to dry dosing and my plant growth/health has improved in just a few days and algae growth has slowed. KNO3 is the largest component of my dosing. I did a nitrate test about 12-16 hours after adding the second KNO3 dose and the test said I had 0...

I have a 10 gallon mid-tech tank (my first planted tank) that did very well for the first 6 weeks or so but then plant growth slowed to a near halt almost overnight and I developed an algae problem that has been worsening. I think the problem is that I the root tabs I started with have run out...

I've been reading and it seems like none of systems are tailored to my size tank and my current amount of plants. Ok so Tank specs: Size - 48L*18W*24D Volume - 90G Substrate - Aquarium gravel and sand (inert) Filtration - Aquaclear 110 and a Sun sun wave maker for good circulation CO2 - DIY...

I have a 30 gal heavily planted tank. I've been using Flourish Excel and Flourish, but growth now seems to be stunted and the plants aren't looking as healthy. I have T5HO 2x39W, pressurized CO2 1.5bps. I now have Flourish Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium to dose macronutrients. I have read a...

I've just setup my 55g tank and setup a profile here (newbie to the site)and I have a few questions. 1) I'm aiming for 30ppm CO2 and have had the bubble rate at about 1 bubble per second and my reactor has no gas buildup yet my PH is staying steady around 7.6-7.8. Is this because of the...