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Nice pics and dig the video too!
Thanks for supplying the plant identification picture. It's something that people like me, who are new to the planted world, really appreciate!Have been wanting to do this for awhile - just never seemed to have time.
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Another interesting development (experiment?) since my last post - I added diffusers to my Radion XR-15 freshwater lights.
Was dealing with a lot of GDA. Finally pulled out the Seneye to check things out... well, about 4" above the substrate was 150ish PAR and right under the light, 1" below the surface it was 540ish PAR. WOW, maybe OK for @Greggz 's tank, but not good for my tank. So, I turned down the lights to about 105 PAR at the substrate which is more reasonable, but I was still getting a pretty hot spot right under each light. So, DIY to the rescue (factory diffusers are like hens teeth these days). I used a clear prismatic polycarbonite diffuser. The hot spot is much more diffused and the substrate PAR dropped to 90-94. Will run with this setup for a month or so and see how the plants like it.
Thank-you. I seem to remember saying pretty much the same thing when I first started - really nice to know what all the plants are called. And to be perfectly honest, all those plants have come from 4 of 5 members on this forum (along with probably 20 others that I could not keep alive)Thanks for supplying the plant identification picture. It's something that people like me, who are new to the planted world, really appreciate!
Your tank is looking very nice!
I was unaware that you were keeping members of the forum alive. Remind me to never allow you to keep me alive!Thank-you. I seem to remember saying pretty much the same thing when I first started - really nice to know what all the plants are called. And to be perfectly honest, all those plants have come from 4 of 5 members on this forum (along with probably 20 others that I could not keep alive)
Very cool! I have Radions, too, and look forward to your thoughts on how the diffusers work outAnother interesting development (experiment?) since my last post - I added diffusers to my Radion XR-15 freshwater lights.
Interesting, was not sure anybody else was running these lights.Very cool! I have Radions, too, and look forward to your thoughts on how the diffusers work out
Meantime, your tank is looking great and I really appreciate the plant listing/lineup
LOL - made me smile.I was unaware that you were keeping members of the forum alive. Remind me to never allow you to keep me alive!
I could go through your journal to discover what substrate you're using or could simply ask you. After the comment above I guess I'll have to ask very nicely. Therefore, can you pretty please let me and all the other members who are still alive what substrate you're using?
You're way past this now, but I'm curious. Did you take into account the effect of the SO4 on TDS? I'm no chemist, but by my calcs, adding CaSO4 to give 16ppm Ca will also add 38ppm SO4, giving a total of 54ppm TDS total. The reading I've done suggests that sulfates contribute to our TDS amounts. Last time I remineralised my RO water, I tested TDS before and after the addition of CaSO4 and MgSO4 and the TDS readings seemed to include the SO4. I'm using a calibrated Apera TDS pen so trust the readings I'm getting.I ended up “thinking” I was dosing my RO drum to 16ppm CaSO4 and 5ppm MgSO4 each time I did a water change. The method I was using to get to the 16 / 5 amount was to test the ppm TDS of the RO drum water after a fill up, then add enough CaSO4, MgSO4 and K2CO3 to get back to my target ppm TDS and 1dKH. (target ppm TDS value was based on dGH information supplied by Rotalabutterfly for Ca & Mg, then calculated out to an approximate ppm TDS which also included the ppm TDS of the actual RO water with nothing added).