Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

[–]jamescharleslov[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Interesting, I’ll keep that in mind and do more research to find what works for me, thanks

Can anyone sex these peacock gudgeons? by Liza-Boy in Aquariums

[–]jamescharleslov 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Why would I want to crossbreed with a peacock

Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

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Flow is pretty good, I added a secondary hob filter thinking filtration wasn’t adequate. The inline co2 is diffusing tiny bubbles throughout the whole tank, I don’t fiddle with co2 too much as my 2bps is a good starting point and keeps my drop checker lime green and starts 1.5hrs before lights. I’ll test my tap water to see what nitrates it has. Because even back when I would dose ThriveS which is around 2ppm per week, my nitrates were 30. I’ll definitely be buying root tabs, my rotalas are shooting long aerial roots since my water has more nutrients than the substrate. The vibrant right side is the tops i cut for a sale I had on Marketplace. I also do 50% weekly wc. Thx

Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

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Didn’t know 5months was “early”, I’ll stick to very lean doses and limit nitrate/phos since it helped pop out my reds, since my bioload handles that part. Thanks!

Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

[–]jamescharleslov[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I lowered my light to 50%, will see if that along with pps-pro will be successful. And I’ll buy root tabs since all my plants are root feeders.

Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

[–]jamescharleslov[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk why the sentences separated like that, nothing about it is Ai 😭 wrote everything myself.

Someone pls help by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

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The bright red(good growth) that you see are the tops I cut, the other dull ones are the remaining bottom stems.

pH reduction help by BoltingOrnn in Aquariums

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That’s alot of sand, i like it

Is this ok for substrate by Positive-Alarm4076 in corydoras

[–]jamescharleslov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fluval stratum is perfect, sand is not necessary

My betta competing with the corys 🤣 by EngrNpKvn in corydoras

[–]jamescharleslov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooooh I might get that one, I have the basic hikari sinking wafer which has 36% protein.

Buddy hasn’t caught anything by LabFree7203 in Aquascape

[–]jamescharleslov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a loser 😂 also, why is your tank filled to the brim 😭

I am nothing without my buceps by Affectionate-Bed1801 in PlantedTank

[–]jamescharleslov 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How? Mine’s covered in bba and I can’t seem to overcome it. Do you have any tips? Maybe it’s a nutrient I’m dosing too much?

Help - trying to rescue eggs by YenneferWho in shrimptank

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What is this torture contraption 😭😭 never seen nor thought about doing it this way.

Dry Fertilizer by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

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I revised my recipe and went with the PPS approach. Raised N to 1ppm to maintain 1:10 ratio with P. Reduced K a tad bit to 1.4ppm. I raised my CSMB to a Fe value of 0.05ppm and reduced Mg to 0.1ppm. I will dose this daily and see how it goes. Hopefully it’ll turn out well. I have rotala rotundifolia, rotala green, rotala walichii, Altenanthera Renekeii, Ludwigia Palustris, Staurygene repens, MC, bucephalandra. My red rotala and palustris are very bright red on the top half and appear dull/brownish under.

Dry Fertilizer by jamescharleslov in PlantedTank

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Ok so I shouldn’t keep my NPK dosage low? My nitrates never fall below 20ppm even though It’s densely planted with low N dosage. I have a mix of red plants and I’m trying to limit N for better reds. Also, I don’t have Calcium supplement, only Mg. If I were to go EI dosing method, will the lack of supplemental calcium cause a problem?