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Almost all plants are doing well now I have less light.
I'm very happy now with my tank. I guess the little changes I've made paid off (longer spraybar attached to a stronger powerhead, PPS pro nutrients and most of all a whole lot less light), almost no algae, plants are growing great with lush green even the fish and shrimp seem to do better.Hi Martin, Good to here you solved the problem
Looking fab again now In the last photo is that a Buce about to flower
They reduce flow indeed a lot, that's why I have an extra power head attached to a (DIY) spray bar, but no more fuzzy seven-up look in my tank which I even got with the inline atomizers.How do you find the Ista Max Mix reactors?
I guess it came down on using less light, T5's are so powerful tat just 1.5 tube for 7 hours per day is enough for plants. I also stopped dosing excel and went from EI to PPS pro, as with EI my TDS went from 250 to almost 500 and now it is stable at 240 the whole week. I'm not saying that EI caused algae, but I think with more nutrients in the water, plants are asking for more CO2 than I could ever provide.Just beautiful work Martin. Was wondering how you solved your algae problems.
Honustly I wouldn't know how much PAR, but not much as I also have flouters. My guess is that it is just above what low tech tanks use.How much par do you think you are putting down at the substrate with your modified light setup?
Here it is hot for 9 months out of a year also I'm not worried much as I have a chiller and it shouldn't take much longer than one day.Can't help but wonder though if summer is the best time for a restart - isn't that also when it's hottest?