Cheers mates! Thanks for the positive feedback!
The substrate additives are as follows:
- Penac P for plants
- Penac W for aquarium
- Tourmaline BC
- Power Sand Special S
- Clear Super
- Bacter 100
then on top, Amazonia I normal + a bit of powder type. I really wanted a good substrate environment
Two weeks so far. First week water change every day 1:4 tap:RO, currently 1:1. Second week WC every other day. Photoperiod started with 5 hours per day, gradually moved to 6h. CO2 - 1b/s
GH 6d
KH 3d
pH 6,5 / 6,6
NO3 20/30 ppm
PO4 0.25
NH4 <0.25
There is a reasonable progress in plants growth, not impressive though. Glosso started growing, but a bit upwards due to the only 2x24 w lights, the same with the HC, which is slowly recovering from melting and decaying
I'm considering now a little trim to keep the HC down. I guess is not too early? Amano shrimps are to be introduced hopefully next week, if the nitrite test show that they are not present, as some diatom algae appeared on the hair grass. In major lines that's it.
Cheers!