Ejack
Member
OK, been reading through a lot fo the posts regarding EI dosing, and I'm about to take the plunge in using EI once I've rescaped my tank. I have my salts and scales ready and beleive I have my figures correct on the ammounts (I'm using Nutricalc to aid in my potion creation).
The question I have and I know it's something Ceg bangs on about with regards to new setups, is the lighting during the initial few weeks of the scapes life. Once I have rescaped and planted my tank, is it advisable to use for the first 7 weeks or so minimal lighting only? The halide I have is 3x24w and the tank I have is a 96ltr. So with that in mind, should I only be running 24w of lighting (one of the tubes)and low CO2 for the first 1-2 months whilst dosing the recommend ammounts given to me by Nutricalc? Or should I uses two of the tubes giving me 48w over 96 ltrs along with CO2?
I know its a bit of a noobie question, I just didn't want to get it wrong before I started.
Thanks in advance.
Jack
The question I have and I know it's something Ceg bangs on about with regards to new setups, is the lighting during the initial few weeks of the scapes life. Once I have rescaped and planted my tank, is it advisable to use for the first 7 weeks or so minimal lighting only? The halide I have is 3x24w and the tank I have is a 96ltr. So with that in mind, should I only be running 24w of lighting (one of the tubes)and low CO2 for the first 1-2 months whilst dosing the recommend ammounts given to me by Nutricalc? Or should I uses two of the tubes giving me 48w over 96 ltrs along with CO2?
I know its a bit of a noobie question, I just didn't want to get it wrong before I started.
Thanks in advance.
Jack