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Steve's ADA 120P - Emerald Isles

Right guys some photos of the last couple of days 🙂 had a great time at TGM Gaz was very helpful and we ended up chatting for 3 1/2 hours and getting through quite a few cups of coffee lol, anyway here's the pics.

How it stood Thursday night.
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Trip to TGM Saturday.
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ADA 120P on the kitchen floor lol, along with some goodies I bought 😉.
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It all ended up slightly different after 6 solid hours sorting substrate and rocks, ended up with three rocks left over lol.
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It ended up better than it was before Steve!

Keep it up! This will one will be a winner 😉

Regards,
Chris
 
Great to see you've sorted the crisis. I have a few CO2 questions. How many bps are you running with which bubble counter, what dc colour and which atomizer?

I'm trying to sort out how much CO2 I should be using on my 180L, with a lime dc by end of photo period I still have a little bit of melt/algae and generally poor growth rates.
 
Thanks, could you tell me what your light/CO2 timings are? And what sort of night time aeration you use, if any, and so what colour your dc is before CO2 on?

Thanks for being patient and understanding about all my questions, it really does help me a great deal.
 
Crossocheilus said:
Thanks, could you tell me what your light/CO2 timings are? And what sort of night time aeration you use, if any, and so what colour your dc is before CO2 on?

Thanks for being patient and understanding about all my questions, it really does help me a great deal.
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CO2 on at 1300, lights on 1530, ramp up from 1500 for 30 min, CO2 off at 2130 lights off 2300 inc 30 min ramp down, I don't use aeration but prob will as I'm getting some brown slime surface scum at the moment. DC is green before CO2 on but goes very lime green in about an hour. P.S. No patience needed I hope it helps.

Quick pic as of WC today, awaiting 3rd TMC tile 🙂.

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Thanks, I've decided to turn CO2 on an hour earlier because by the end of the photoperiod by dc is lime but at the beginning it is quite dark. I will make sure I am vigilant tomorrow for signs of distress in fish/shrimp.

Looking a little light on foreground plants, if your budget can stretch after the ADA tank you could get some more pots, or just let it grow out with the mega lighting coming soon 😉

The blue on those cardinals (?) looks vivid!

You may want to think about a backlight to enhance the background and get rid of the white/grey division.
 
Crossocheilus said:
Thanks, I've decided to turn CO2 on an hour earlier because by the end of the photoperiod by dc is lime but at the beginning it is quite dark. I will make sure I am vigilant tomorrow for signs of distress in fish/shrimp.

Looking a little light on foreground plants, if your budget can stretch after the ADA tank you could get some more pots, or just let it grow out with the mega lighting coming soon 😉

The blue on those cardinals (?) looks vivid!

You may want to think about a backlight to enhance the background and get rid of the white/grey division.
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Way ahead of Ya lol, frosted backing in the post with the new light, will be adding more pots of foreground very soon, buying some XL in vitros. 🙂
 
Pure eye candy, Steve!

Can't wait to see it with the 3rd light and the background.
A real winner 🙂

Cheers,
Chris
 
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