Re: Rio 240,hc emmersed setup
A quick update,got my new filter the tetra tec ex700 as it come with 12mm hose to fit my reactor and a Hydor Koralia 1,set the reactor up and it was leaking
so ditched that and stuck with the glass diffuser
So for flow i have a tetra tec ex1200,a ex700 and a hydor koralia 1 that should be enough flow, yes :?:
My macro nutrient mix is;
10 teaspoons of Potassium Nitrate
2 and a half teaspoons of Potassium Phosphate
dissolved in 500ml RO/deionised or distilled water which i dose 40ml a day which is just under double of the "setting up a higher tech planted tank" to try and get the plants to grow
My micro nutrient is; 3 teaspoons of Trace Element mix
5 teaspoons of Potassium Sulphate
dissolved in 500ml RO/deionised or distilled water which i dose 20 ml a day which again is just under double of the "setting up a higher tech planted tank" to try and get the plants to grow
I also dose easy carbo at 5ml a day to help with algae
Should i be dosing anything else or not?
Heres some pics to show its current state(sorry for bad pics its phone)
The lights are on for 9 hrs at the 2 t5 lights and reflectors and do 50% water change a week.
I took out all the apple snails as i think they may have been eating the plants as a lot of the plants have bite marks in them
the only livestock in the tank are a pair of discus and 8 rummy nose tets and a few little snails(im after some trumpet snails but the postage is a rip off on eaby for most of them
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Cheers steve