Spider Pig
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- 18 Mar 2008
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Have had my tank set up in it's current incarnation for about 6 months now but still having problems with GSA on leaves and glass, and GDA on the glass.
Currently dosing 2 x EI using PMDD+PO4 formula:
"This is an example of EI for a 12 week supply for a 20 gallon tank for those with teaspoon adversion.
To 1 liter of DI water add:
60 grams KNO3
10 grams of KH2PO4
25 grams of GH booster
Add 5 mls daily."
So using 20ml/ day for a 180L tank. Use flourish 2 x /week. The reason I upped the dose was that I noticed a big burst in growth after a trim and the nitrate tested as 0 even with 1.5 x EI. Now it is 10ppm before WC
50% WC weekly. Admittedly I missed a couple of these a month ago but have been more rigorous with tank hygiene the last few changes.
CO2 is on 3 hrs before lights on and off 2 hrs before lights off. I usually have it at light green (pH6.4- 4kDH solution in drop checker) Although this is equivalent to a co2 of 50ppm odd, I haven't seen any adverse effects on my fish.
T
he only thing I can think of is flow. This might be a problem as the tank is quite heavily planted in the back right corner and although the juwel filter intake is positioned there, I don't think the flow is too great through the undergrowth. Planning a rescape in the new year to thin things out a bit.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Currently dosing 2 x EI using PMDD+PO4 formula:
"This is an example of EI for a 12 week supply for a 20 gallon tank for those with teaspoon adversion.
To 1 liter of DI water add:
60 grams KNO3
10 grams of KH2PO4
25 grams of GH booster
Add 5 mls daily."
So using 20ml/ day for a 180L tank. Use flourish 2 x /week. The reason I upped the dose was that I noticed a big burst in growth after a trim and the nitrate tested as 0 even with 1.5 x EI. Now it is 10ppm before WC
50% WC weekly. Admittedly I missed a couple of these a month ago but have been more rigorous with tank hygiene the last few changes.
CO2 is on 3 hrs before lights on and off 2 hrs before lights off. I usually have it at light green (pH6.4- 4kDH solution in drop checker) Although this is equivalent to a co2 of 50ppm odd, I haven't seen any adverse effects on my fish.
T
he only thing I can think of is flow. This might be a problem as the tank is quite heavily planted in the back right corner and although the juwel filter intake is positioned there, I don't think the flow is too great through the undergrowth. Planning a rescape in the new year to thin things out a bit.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks