drjack
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I have a heavily planted tank with a D-D CO2 system which operates at the specified 1 bar pressure maximum. To my cost I have found out that an atomiser I bought won't work unless the pressure is a lot higher (I tried it) so now I place the diffuser directly under my Eheim inflow pipe. A problem (?) I think I have is that the maximum bubble rate I can get is ~ 120/140 bpm, yet I still have some fuzz and beard algae some rust/red on the moss and some green on a few leaves. I also dose 5ml of Flourish Excel 5 days/week. I have now set the CO2 to come on at 8am and off at 8pm. Is this a valid way to increase CO2 if I can't up the bubble rate? Also is my Excel dosing reasonable?. My tank details are as follows:
Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 125 litres/32 US gallons water.
Lighting: Medium - 2x35W iQuaticsT5 tubes 8 hours/day = 0.6 watts/litre or 2.2 watts/US gal
Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete
Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal plus Eheim Ecco pro 200 external
CO2: D-D Pressurised CO2 plus 5ml Flourish Excel daily
Ferts: E.I. Dosing
Fish: 1xCory , 2xOtocinclus , 2xChain loaches , 6xRasboras , 10xCardinals , 3xWidows , 3xShrimp
Plants ~ 125
45 Crytocoryene Lucens, 1xEchinodorus Schleuteri Leopard, 1xEchinodorus Red Special, 2xEchinodorus Aquartica, 36xLudwigia Repens Rubin, 3xHygrophila Pinnatifida, 2xAponogeton Crispus Red, 14xEleocharis Parvula, 2xAnubias Congensis, 4xVallisneria Spiralis, 12xLimnobium Laevigatum
Any advice really appreciated.
Best Regards, David
Tank: Juwel Vision 180 with 125 litres/32 US gallons water.
Lighting: Medium - 2x35W iQuaticsT5 tubes 8 hours/day = 0.6 watts/litre or 2.2 watts/US gal
Substrate: Caribsea Eco-Complete
Filtration: Juwel supplied Bioflow 3 internal plus Eheim Ecco pro 200 external
CO2: D-D Pressurised CO2 plus 5ml Flourish Excel daily
Ferts: E.I. Dosing
Fish: 1xCory , 2xOtocinclus , 2xChain loaches , 6xRasboras , 10xCardinals , 3xWidows , 3xShrimp
Plants ~ 125
45 Crytocoryene Lucens, 1xEchinodorus Schleuteri Leopard, 1xEchinodorus Red Special, 2xEchinodorus Aquartica, 36xLudwigia Repens Rubin, 3xHygrophila Pinnatifida, 2xAponogeton Crispus Red, 14xEleocharis Parvula, 2xAnubias Congensis, 4xVallisneria Spiralis, 12xLimnobium Laevigatum
Any advice really appreciated.
Best Regards, David