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ADA 60F iwagumi

Sorry forgot about the UP atomiser.......Yes can make sometimes noise because the diffusion of CO2 but still check for leaks with some soapy water will make bubles if leak CO2. Just put some soapy water with ur finger all over the atomise especially where the tubing meet plastic and joints between the body and the two sides of the atomiser. It is good product though very happy with it...working pressure between 2-2.5 bar never tesed it on higher. I have the best diffusion on 2.5 and will not work on less than 2 bar. What about ur light? Seems to me very high above the water. Great light spill in the room🙂 The light is very rarely reason for the algae the main reason is waterchemistry and maintanance of the tank. If the light is LED you can unredpower it or use controller- dimmer and put it down to the tank. It will give you softer more ambient look of the skape and will save money as well 😉 Oh sorry forgot to say that should progresivelly extend the photoperiod up to desired hours, 8-10 I suggest and reduce waterchanges to may be 1-2 per week....but may be you know that already🙂 😀
 
Wow that's a lot of advice and very welcome thanks mate , my co2 is currently on about 5 bps so will knock down, some hair grass is browning so will trim tomorro morning or tonight when do water change, lights are currently on from 12 till 6 and co2 on from 10 till 5 should I knock the lights down slightly to 5 hours ? And the light is high because Hagen glo with 2 x 12 w bulbs and 75 cm high is right height so not all lands on tank, hopefully can drop it soon, do u start fish less cycling once tank is up and running smoothly or straight away ? Think will wait couple of weeks, so tonight will knock heater and filter off drain 50 percent water and refill, what temp should I set it at u think ?

And hopefully grass fills out now flooded

Thanks very much Dean
 
Yes I have done fishless cycling I would say for a week. I have tested the amonia, nitrates , phosphates almost every day😀 just to make sure the tank is safe for any fauna. So once my ammonia drop to nearly zero ( the test solution was very light green almost yellow) I add some micro fish B. maculatus, oto. What helped me during the DSM was the Powersand Special which has bacteria inside. The nitrobacteria development was short after the flood because the DSM bacteria development into the substrate. Also the ADA soils relise a lot amonia in the watercolumn, so waterchanges is a must at the beginning. If the light doesnt heat up a lot the water surface you can put it down I have 4x10w 6500K LED and 2x15w Grow Lights which are 15cm above the water. Of course the LEDs are underpowered.🙂 SDC15014.JPG
 
Thanks a lot for the help again, just checked my co2 reg and relised was at 4.5 bar lol so turned down to 2.5 so hopefully be quieter lol also just changed 50 percent water and trimmed some brown ends of the hair grass, will get running and after a week or so I will start fish less cycle then crack on with deciding what fish etc

Thanks dean
 
Wooow I have heard about people blow their atomiser but 4.5 bars😱 My Dad told me once about the power of compressed fluids that 7bar can stop a 40 tonns truck......I was just a kid and did not understand what he says.
 
Pay attention with the higly compressed CO2 it is 60bar minimum inside. A leek under pressure can cost a freeze burn and a blow can cost a hand or a life. Respect the reading of ur gauges and calibrate them sometimes. 4.5 is dangerous working pressure just for urself.:bookworm: 🙂
 
I know i will be more carefull from now on got the outer guage that says kg/cm2 to 2.5 and hopefully will be quieter now,well i am a HGV mechanic and there brakeing systems are 10bar so quite scary actually, checked for leaks yesterday and couldnt find any at all so hopefully the sizzling is just the attomiser working as it seems to be, a lot less little bubbles now as turned down the co2 to 1-2 bps, i changed 50% water last night and will do the same daily for 2 weeks then change to every other day, also been dosing daily with micro and macro recomend amount on bottle, wont be dosing saturdays as only 3 days each according to bottle.

will see how it goes now hopefully runs ok without much algie etc, havent checked any water conditions yet would you reocomend to ?

also what is best temp to set it at its around 70 at the min

and can someone recomend a cleaning process ? obviously i and changing 50% daily but how often should i clean rocks and lilly pipes and glass and grass etc or should the grass be ok for while, and how often do you clean filter etc just wondering how often other people do this

Thanks Dean
 
Hi, mate ......yes now you cant see bubles it is because they are so fine🙂 the atomiser works dont worry. Your reference now will be the plants pearling and the dropchecker. The checker has to be lime green....if it is blueish rise the CO2 if too yellow even transperent put it down. 1-2 bps will be just fine. IMO devide the ferts daily according the dosage in the botle. But you can try ur way. The idea of daily ferts is that the plants dont suffer of ferts lack and also if you overdose the daily waterchanges will fix that. Also you will avoid algae or will be at minimum cause the plants will use the ferts straight away they will not accumulate in the water. But this is just my thougts so....keep daily w, changes for the first week.....second every other day.....put the lights on short photoperiod.......the plants might look a bit pale but will be fixed when Photoperiod get extended. The temps has to be 22-25C for most species. Check with the aquatic shop about the conditions where the fish has been kept before buy. Like temps, hardness, feeding etc. clean the glass ware when visibly dirty the same for the tank😉 Enjoy...
 
Thanks again and I am dosing like you said doseing daily like u say macro on day according to bottle and micro the next etc looking good so far will keep u posted of any questions, how often do u clean filter and glass and pipes etc ?

Thanks dean
 
thanks mate cannot wait to get some shrimp etc in therecan i ask how and when you clean ur tank and filter ? and also any tips on cleaning

Thanks dean
 
found a few spots of black in the tank around the small rock is dark patch think might just be bba so will leave for time being should i stir the substrate with the black patch on ? also drop checker is very dark green does this mean i need more or less co2 ?

Dean
 
Does that mean raise or lower my co2 ? Also if I try to suck out the Algie will lift all my substrate will try to mix it

Dean
 
wouldnt think it was flow in such a small shallow tank i have lilly pipes opposite each other hopefully not that, not sure if need to change the 4dk solution as when tank was empty i never changes for 2 weeks or so ? few more questions so i have to raise the co2 if dark green ? thanks fox fish currently at 1bps will ramp it up tomorro to 4-5 u think ? seems to be same colour all day every day, and doesnt seem to be much growth after a week bairly changed at all do you think due to lack of co2 also i seem to be getting air bubbles around the top of the water surface any idea ?

Thanks dean
 
Trouble with co2 is it wants to rise up out of the tank mate, always found it harder getting correct levels in my nano which was shallow rather than my deeper tanks are you running your diffuser on the intake or outflow side of your filter ? Hairgrass doesn't grow to fast either in my experience of it, the air bubbles at the top could be co2 bubbles .
 
how would u get rid of the bubbles ? i suck them up on water change ,i have now turned the bubbles up so hopefully changes couor also does everyone elses regulator fluctuate mine goes from 2 and half bar and keep going up slightly then back down so bubbles slow down and speed up constantly but doesnt bother me to much just hard to get acurate reading with bubble counter

thanks dean
 
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