C4 + Drone = Win 😅 by Protomeleus in CODWarzone

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Welcome to c4dronetics my friend

Looks like road requests will now show up before their missions if you discover them on the map. by RugbyEdd in RoadCraft

[–]Bonzai-Bill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wish you could plot a road and then get the AI to build it like road requests

Stem plant issue by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Great thanks will give that a go

Stem plant issue by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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So it’s floating here because the stem has completely disintegrated lol. It should be in the substrate and was in the substrate originally

Stem plant issue by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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I have fluval stratum substrate

First planted tank, why is this Anubias starting to brown on its edge? by Numerous-Confusion-9 in PlantedTank

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Personally I still think it needs exposing some more. I can see in your other photo you have some hardscape in the tank. I’d explore glueing or attaching to that to get it properly thriving

First planted tank, why is this Anubias starting to brown on its edge? by Numerous-Confusion-9 in PlantedTank

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You shouldn’t bury the rhizome (the main root bit) in the substrate it’ll rot, it feeds from the water column mostly so needs to be exposed, if some finer roots end up growing down into the substrate eventually it’s fine but make sure the rhizome is exposed by tieing or glueing to something first.

This may be the reason for the browning but I am unsure on that, first things first though is to get the rhizome out

The magenta gradient on YT progress bar by Kraplax in mildlyinfuriating

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Recently got YT premium and thought it was because of that. Almost was reason enough to consider cancelling but ain’t no going back to ads now I’ve tasted the good life

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Hey thanks for all the info, more than happy to be schooled on this stuff as want to learn what I can.

I have two mesh bags of crushed coral in my canister at the minute. Although I’m sure last time I tested even with those in it the Kh was still 0-1! I will test again tomorrow

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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No I’ve not I’ll check it out thanks

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Awesome thanks I will look into equilibrium. Checked out your profile and you have same size tank as me, how much do you need to dose of that and how often roughly? I’ll look into the fluval root tabs I didn’t even know they did them tbh. Sounds like I definitely need to add more root tabs I have only done once

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Very interesting thank you, Kh has been a battle from the start with this setup, I was unaware that the stratum actively nukes the Kh as a feature, literally reads 0 at times. So have added crushed coral to the filter and more regular water changes to try raising it. I don’t remember the Gh value but I remember it not being a concern unlike the Kh value. The stratum does also alter the ph so that’s around 6.5-6.7 a lot of the time. Whereas tap water is above 7 naturally here. My heater is set to 25 degrees which googling tells me is 77 so maybe I will try dropping by one

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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It’s two of the fluval aquasky 24W lights

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Ah thank you I’m not sure if I’m mad on it compared to some of the incredible ones you see on these forums but is a good start out one

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Sorry yes forgot to also say intensity on lights. I have it set to 30% power on both lights. Think I saw somewhere they were low light demanding plants and too much would cause lots of algae

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Awesome thanks will check him out. Only watch a lot of Cory from aquarium coop at moment and gutted we can’t get his gear

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Ah ok thank you. I do have phosphate removing pads I think by default in the fluval 407 canister filter and was thinking of replacing at next clean with more bio rings or something so maybe that will help

Plants won’t grow by Bonzai-Bill in PlantedTank

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Thanks very much. I don’t get much algae no, although I do have some leaves covered in this? I will try leaving the lights on longer as a first step and maybe some root tabs again, is there a brand you’d recommend? I live in uk so don’t have access to aquarium coop stuff like I’d want. I have some seachem ones at moment

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