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Haha, of course, you did say SA...Sorry I was talking about the led not the sterilizer, but good to know.
Me too...not sure about its algae busting capability...my rocks are spotless though.My chihiros doctor is always on, I find it great at night to give o2 to my fishes.
Yes, it's undoubtedly why my Rotala isn't red. That and over fertilising. It grows too quick to build up red pigment. So as well as increasing the intensity and photoperiod, I'm dosing less, and letting the AS do some of the work.60% power only on the twinstar, that might explain that your rotala aren't red yet. But well, less light less problem, mine is an 600E series, less power, less reds but tank is so easier
Yes@altoFilipe is by far my most favourite scaper, and easily one of the most talented, and he can grow the whatsit out of stems. I've watched his kitchen aquarium vlog on his fertz regime, not familiar with his lighting tho'. I'm guessing it's fairly intense...
Yes
His 60L home tank is Twinstar SP (though I believe it was a more local brand in previous scapes)
The 60L Aquaflora is Twinstar EA
I appreciate how he always tries to include aquarium details on the video
(and answers again in comments even when the info in already listed in the “drop down” )
What I've learn is that main thing is good soil with use of nutrition caps, this gives the best results and allows you to dose very lean ferts in the water.
Mate, whenever someone shows me a spreadsheet or some on-line calculator I always feel a wave of nausea. I mean, really, why all the calculations? For your size tank why not just dump 2 teaspoons KNO3, 1 teaspoon of KH2PO4 3X per week and 1 teaspoon trace 2X per week. End of story. If you think you need Mg then just toss a couple teaspoons of the Epsom Salt in at water change. This is science, but it doesn't have to be Rocket Science. I just use the 2:1:1 rule and call it good. i don't even look at those stupid spreadsheets. It's just so energy sapping.
Haha...that's Clive all right, dispensing common sense wisdomThink as long as nutrition is there for the plants in the water column or soil it doesn't matter the plants dont care where the nutrients come from or what brand you use. I was chatting with Clive about nutrition in my 500l and he summed it up quite well IMO
It does appear to be quite complicated, but he's written it out in the comments below so it's a little easier to follow.I have to say that his maintenance and ferts video was very hard to understand