vador
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Dear all,
I will setup my new aquarium soon and I have a question related with light duration. My setup will be an ADA 60p, amazonia soil, Aquasky 601 lights and CO2 pressurized bottle. Furthermore, I will have fast growing plants (including some "red plants") on the aquarium.
Taken this scenario in consideration, I am thinking on doing the following concerning lights and co2 (co2 starts one hour before lights are on and it ends one hour before lights are off):
My objective is to support the plants to adapt to the new aquarium and avoid an algae explosion in the initial stages of the aquarium. Does it make sense? Anyone have/had a similar setup that could shed some light if I am thinking on the right direction?
Thank you for the help!
I will setup my new aquarium soon and I have a question related with light duration. My setup will be an ADA 60p, amazonia soil, Aquasky 601 lights and CO2 pressurized bottle. Furthermore, I will have fast growing plants (including some "red plants") on the aquarium.
Taken this scenario in consideration, I am thinking on doing the following concerning lights and co2 (co2 starts one hour before lights are on and it ends one hour before lights are off):
- First 4 days : 6 hours of light and co2 (drop check color will be green tending to yellow)
- day 4 to 2nd week: 7 hours of light and co2 (drop check color will be green tending to yellow)
- 3rd to 4th week : 8 hours of light and co2 (drop check color will be green)
- Introduce 10 to 15 shrimps (if water already cycled)
- after 4th week: assess if is required to increase to 10hours (drop check color will be green)
- Introduce fish (starting with 4 otocinclus)
My objective is to support the plants to adapt to the new aquarium and avoid an algae explosion in the initial stages of the aquarium. Does it make sense? Anyone have/had a similar setup that could shed some light if I am thinking on the right direction?
Thank you for the help!
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