rio 400 1st attempt at planted tank

[paul.stopher]

Hi. Could I possibly get some feed back on my planted tank set up and fert dosing.
I’ve been up and running for about 5 Months and most things seem to be going well. Except DIY CO2 stability and thread aglae affecting some of the stems.

Tank- Rio 400 (350l)
Filtration- Juwel internal no carbon and Rena Filstar XP3
Water- 50-50 RO, tap ph 6.8 gh 4-5
Lighting- 2x36w T8 8hrs a day
CO2- DIY changed every 2wks. Drop checker showing Yellow in the morning and green by lights out.
Substrate- Tropica plant sub topped with sand

Macro Solution-33g Potassium Nitrate 7.2g Potassium Phosphate
250ml Water
Trace Solution-10gChelated Trace Element
250mlWater

Dosing- Sun 25% water change.
Sun tues thurs Macro 20ml.
Mon Wed Fri Trace 10ml

Any advice greatfully received.

Thanks Paul

 

[mattyc]

The tank looks good and healthy well done, i would add in some midground plants and some much taller background plants to give the tank more depth!

 

[arty]

Advice LOL
I have my tank full with diatoma with all expensive co2 automatic ph controller e.g.
Your tank is more as OK, very nice and healthy

 

[arty]

If my calculations right on 400 Litres You have very high macro levels
Nitrate 4ppm dayly or 28ppm weekly
Phosphate dayly 0.8ppm or weekly 5.6ppm

How long time You dose and no any problems ?
Did You any Livestock ?

 

[sanj]

Was just thinking, RIO 400 is 150x50x60cm = 450 litres gross. So i guess 350 ~ 80%, accounting for hardscape water level etc, so yup. Just writing as I think... lol