hixy
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Hello folks,My aquarium has only been set up a month.It is an 18x12x12.I use the EI fert method.It has an ehiem ecco 130 plus an eheim 2213 external filters with pressurised co2.The lights were 3 8 watt t5 growlux bulbs.(which i believe is causing my algae prob?)Today i bought one of these.http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=226759.
The light unit has 2x 36 watt 10,000lux which i realise is a lot of light for a 10 gallon tank.What i am hoping is that the growlux light were not enough for the smallest plants in my tank.(dawrf swords.I think?)I will be doing to 50%water changes twice a week.The light come on a 1pm then go off at 4 for an hour and a half then come back on till 11 pm.The co2 comes on an hour before the lights then off an hour before they go off.I realise i now have a lot of light now but i am hoping that this may sort the algae out.Here are a couple of pics.
kind regards mick
The light unit has 2x 36 watt 10,000lux which i realise is a lot of light for a 10 gallon tank.What i am hoping is that the growlux light were not enough for the smallest plants in my tank.(dawrf swords.I think?)I will be doing to 50%water changes twice a week.The light come on a 1pm then go off at 4 for an hour and a half then come back on till 11 pm.The co2 comes on an hour before the lights then off an hour before they go off.I realise i now have a lot of light now but i am hoping that this may sort the algae out.Here are a couple of pics.
kind regards mick