[Greggz]

I quite enjoyed the interview and I always appreciate finding more people on Team Strawberry, @Greggz. I never have anything to contribute to your thread here, but I just want to day that the strength of your vision really comes through in your tank. What separates your tank from other color-on-color-on-color tanks to me is that you have so many gentle color transitions, letting you "get away with" a full spectrum range without it being too HiGh CoNtRaSt. I feel like orange and yellow plants get overlooked for reds sometimes, but here they really do the heavy lifting to make the whole thing work. It's beautiful.

@ElleDee Thanks for the very kind words.

And it's always good to hear from someone who has been following but not chimed in. I never know how many here are following or if I am mostly talking to myself sometimes!:grin2:

 

[ReeferRusso]

@ElleDee Thanks for the very kind words.



And it's always good to hear from someone who has been following but not chimed in. I never know how many here are following or if I am mostly talking to myself sometimes!:grin2:

You say that as if talking to yourself would stop you!

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[ReeferRusso]

In keeping with the spirit of reading articles/interview, here is an excellent piece about Dr. Axelrod. I might be dating myself a little but anyone who's been anywhere near fish tanks for the last 50 years has had to have heard of this guy. The article is quite interesting!

https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/05/03/the-strange-fish-and-stranger-times-of-dr-herbert-r-axelrod

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[Greggz]

You say that as if talking to yourself would stop you!

LOL now that is a good one and you know me too well!:grin2:

 

[Greggz]

Just testing adding a picture. Added as attachment showing full image.

 

[zivvel]

It's time to mix up a new batch of micros, so I'm comparing my formula against all the recent posts I've seen about others' mixes.

@Greggz did you really ramp your Ni up to almost 0.01ppm/wk? That is about 5x what I have been using, and about 5x what you previously used. Is this accurate?

 

[Greggz]

It's time to mix up a new batch of micros, so I'm comparing my formula against all the recent posts I've seen about others' mixes.

@Greggz did you really ramp your Ni up to almost 0.01ppm/wk? That is about 5x what I have been using, and about 5x what you previously used. Is this accurate?

Nope no mistake. Made that change sometime last fall.

I was comparing micros from a bunch of different people that I keep in contact with. They were anywhere from 0.063 to 0.0015 weekly. Thought I would bump them up and see what if any effect there was.

The answer was not much. IMO, it is such a small amount that you need some, but a bit more makes little to no difference. At least that has been my experience.

And here's my very latest....................

 

[zivvel]

Nope no mistake. Made that change sometime last fall.

I was comparing micros from a bunch of different people that I keep in contact with. They were anywhere from 0.063 to 0.0015 weekly. Thought I would bump them up and see what if any effect there was.

The answer was not much. IMO, it is such a small amount that you need some, but a bit more makes little to no difference. At least that has been my experience.

And here's my very latest.................... View attachment 1025006

Thank you. Since your doses were so close to mine already, I'm just copying your weekly numbers wholesale this time. I already dose macros pretty much identical to yours (KNO3 instead of MgNO3 though).

 

[Greggz]

Ran across someone posting a pic created with a water reflection app. Thought it looked kind of cool so download one to my phone and in about two minutes came up with this. Have to say it does look pretty cool and good for a smile.

 

[Quagulator]

Looks like you're swimming up to a tropical island! Very cool.

In other news, I bet that log is starting to feel pretty lonely stuffed away in the basement, I hope you haven't forgotten about it!

 

[Greggz]

Looks like you're swimming up to a tropical island! Very cool.

In other news, I bet that log is starting to feel pretty lonely stuffed away in the basement, I hope you haven't forgotten about it!

LOL you guys all have long memories here!! I was actually rearranging the basement storage room and ran across the log the other day. We had some good times!

Funny thing is it looks a lot different out of tank and all dried up. But who knows, could get called back into action someday.

 

[Immortal1]

Ran across someone posting a pic created with a water reflection app. Thought it looked kind of cool so download one to my phone and in about two minutes came up with this. Have to say it does look pretty cool and good for a smile.

View attachment 1025077

That does look pretty impressive Gregg. Was just chuckling - your gonna have to expand your dosing spreadsheet a bit to accommodate 2 more T5 bulbs....