Melll
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So many flowers getting ready to bloom 🙂 Really nice tank.
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Aquascaper 900 - Comeback Lockdown Tank :)
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LondonDragon
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Sure is, so far so good, just not that happy with the snails lol
Many thanks Nuno, I will give it a go this week to the tallest plants and see how it goes 🙂 want to make the Juncus a little denser too.
Many thanks, I have some flower shots on my Instagram account also, see if I get those photos on the PC to post some here also! 🙂
LondonDragon
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Since @steveno asked for a video on another thread and I thought I would keep all the info here, here is the Magnetic Stirrer in action.
First video is mixing the trace elements, after I had already mixed the Ascorbic Acid and Potassium Sorbate, you can see how quickly it dissolves with the stirrer!
Second video, is adding the Magnesium (100 grams) to the same solution, after I had already mixed some of the other salts.
As you can see from my original post of the cabinet I have the solution on top of the magnetic stirrer, I have placed a timer on it also, so it mixes the solution every day for 2 minutes before the dosing pump kicks in a minute later. So far no issues.
First video is mixing the trace elements, after I had already mixed the Ascorbic Acid and Potassium Sorbate, you can see how quickly it dissolves with the stirrer!
Second video, is adding the Magnesium (100 grams) to the same solution, after I had already mixed some of the other salts.
As you can see from my original post of the cabinet I have the solution on top of the magnetic stirrer, I have placed a timer on it also, so it mixes the solution every day for 2 minutes before the dosing pump kicks in a minute later. So far no issues.
LondonDragon
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Was messing around today and created a new video:
Thanks for looking 🙂
Thanks for looking 🙂
Nick72
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Nice video Paulo.
I liked seeing your shrimp so active.
I assume you turned off your filtration for the purpose of the video, as you have no surface agitation?
I liked seeing your shrimp so active.
I assume you turned off your filtration for the purpose of the video, as you have no surface agitation?
LondonDragon
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Thanks, indeed everything was off as I had just fed the fish before hand too! Usually there is a lot of surface movement.
Ray
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Is that one 2dKH and one 4dKH drop checker so you can better gauge your CO2?
LondonDragon
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They are both 4dKH but for some reason cannot get them to match (same amount of 4dKH solution and same number of drops of bromo), one is almost empty at the moment too after I spilled it on the floor lol, given up on the drop checkers and just go with what the plants tell me, that seems to have worked out better lol
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LondonDragon
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Do find myself in front of it quite often in the evenings now, love the behaviour of the barbs, great little fish.
Ray
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How interesting! I was thinking “that’s very clever to use 2 different dKH for more accuracy across the scale” but it seems actually this a case study for just how useless drop checkers are then? Most of us never had 2 running so don’t know this...
LondonDragon
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It could be my 4dKH solution which is about 15 years old, I did not expect that to change but who knows! I will get a new one and see, also the bromo I have around has been in the cupboard for donkeys so did not expect that to go bad either, so I will buy some new stuff and see if that makes a difference 😉
Many thanks, I do find myself staring at the tank too often now too
Jayefc1
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Great vid Mate really nice to see you enjoying the tank it does look stunning and still very young means many more hrs of pleasure
LondonDragon
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Many thanks 🙂 yeah lets see how it matures if I can keep it in check! the low CO2 for a couple of weeks did not help it at all!
Could have been due to the low CO2 for a couple of weeks, looks greener to the eye from how it looks on camera so not sure! lol I am dosing and stems growing well! My dosing solution needs renewing this weekend see if that helps, I mixed Week 1 with week 2 solution and that might have not been a good idea! 🙄 I am going to revert to the original solution and worry about the reds later! Thoughts?
Don’t forget the Twinstar E series will never show reds the same way as the S series
Sometimes (ofttimes?) reds take some time for the plant to develop - how did colors develop as stems neared the upper 1/3 of the tank?
And just because I can’t resist posting another FAAO video 😎
LondonDragon
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I am looking into getting a new light unit don't think this one will cut it out for me, I used to run 146wT5 on my Rio 125 lol
They were getting redder until I trimmed then haha 🙂 now they are recovering again. don't see much red, but its early days and was doing WC quite often too!
Haha I have seen that one and most of the others lol next time I go to the north of Portugal I will let you know you can pop over, and we got and have a drink with Filipe lol
LondonDragon
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Not that far off, just across the pond 😉 I am sure Filipe will visit Canada on his World Tours sometime in the future 😉I wish
But it’s a long pop from West Coast Canadaso you’ll have to drink twice!
