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George old mate. Um, really, in all honestly......you've got to give up the hi tech stuff.

In the time it's taken you to produce negligible growth with CO2, I've doubled the mass of the anubias in my low tech tank.

Give up on the bubbles bud. Learn the low tech way
 
on paper it seems easy, ei, co2, high light and I have learnt quite a bit on how to get it right, and im doing ok, however, if was to revert to a low tek tank, it would not be much fun, im not putting down any of your tanks, I just feel that part of the enjoyment is in the challenge
 
I know, please don't mention the state of my tank, anyway..... I got new bulbs, new diffuser, sleek ass drop checker and managed to get some red on my l aromatica
 
also, I have an air pump coming, so I can run it at night to increase oxygen levels, bga related, oxygen is sposed to combat bga and new media, hopefully in a week I can show you a better looking tank
 
I respect that you want to persevere with, what I have also learnt recently, is a very difficult thing. You also seem to be getting some results now. You've still got a way to go, but if that's what you want to do, and you're willing to make more mistakes and potentially spend quite a lot to fix them, then keep trying.

Some specific advice:

new media

Are you talking about replacing all of your filter media? If so you would be removing all beneficial bacteria that convert toxic ammonia into semi-toxic nitrite into fairly harmless nitrate. This would be fairly catastrophic and would most likely lead to a lot of algae and dead fish. I am not aware of any specialist media that should fix bga, if that is what you mean.

Also the colour of you dc is a little dark, it may be okay for your lighting but I would recommend getting it to a lime green/yellow colour to be sure, just watch your fish for signs that CO2 is too high if you choose to increase it.

Good luck :thumbup:
 
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