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Hi guys,
small update! The last couple of days have been quite troublesome, but I'm getting there!
After switching to 100% RO Water (mixed 50/50 RO and tap in the past) and adjusting the total hardness to my values the brown diatoms are disappearing and plant growth kicks in.
OK, the maintenance comes in addition:
After 16 Days now, I'm going over to 50% water changes every other day.
This is how it looks a few minutes ago:
A few information about my fert. dosing:
Every day 3 drops of (my own mixed) ADA Brighty K and 3 drops of ADA Step 2.
Blyxa Japonica is turning red, like the rotala as you can see.
I replaced the Staurogyne with Hemianthus micranthemoides, it was way too much light for the plant up there.
HCC is doing fine, like the Eleocharis Mini (I can see new runners now) and the Riccardia seems to start growing now, too.
Getting there... getting there...
By the way: This is how it looks with a black background (2 days ago... notice the difference in diatoms):
Cheers,
Christian
small update! The last couple of days have been quite troublesome, but I'm getting there!
After switching to 100% RO Water (mixed 50/50 RO and tap in the past) and adjusting the total hardness to my values the brown diatoms are disappearing and plant growth kicks in.
OK, the maintenance comes in addition:
After 16 Days now, I'm going over to 50% water changes every other day.
This is how it looks a few minutes ago:
A few information about my fert. dosing:
Every day 3 drops of (my own mixed) ADA Brighty K and 3 drops of ADA Step 2.
Blyxa Japonica is turning red, like the rotala as you can see.
I replaced the Staurogyne with Hemianthus micranthemoides, it was way too much light for the plant up there.
HCC is doing fine, like the Eleocharis Mini (I can see new runners now) and the Riccardia seems to start growing now, too.
Getting there... getting there...
By the way: This is how it looks with a black background (2 days ago... notice the difference in diatoms):
Cheers,
Christian