hi guys,
firstly excuse me for sounding dumb im really not too clever on this subject
i have my 6 foot x 18"x18" tank set up now and love how it looks i have 2 54watt t5ho 865 6500k daylight white bulbs on for 10 hours a day if this is too much please advise
i have an eheim 2236 external and a fluval 4+ internal for filtration
i also had a cheap version korilia 3000lph power head/wave maker but it seemed too powerfull and was blowing the plants wildly so removed it but since i now have a dead spot were my spray bar enters the tank as i have it pointing down over slightly so there is no surface agitation were it is if this makes sense
substrate i have osmocote topped with sphagnum moss peat then 3.5" of akadama
i really didnt want to use liquid or dry ferts due to the amount and expense for the tank size so got relitivly easy growing plants which all seem to be doing well but the intention was always to add co2 also
at the minute i have bought a rhinox 5000 diffuser and aqua grow bubble counter 1 way check valves and co2 tubing
i have made a double 2l bottle diy kit for the time being although after 27 hours it is still to start giving anything out ?? were as before in my 2ft tank it worked within 24 hours using the exact same recipie ??
anyway i wanted to add pressurised co2 the tank is 100 us gallons which is roughly 84 uk gallons and i was going to use a 6kg welding bottle at first but the refilling is substantually more than the fe method so was going to buy a 2kg fe and a jbl regulator and solanoid off a guy on here
thing is firstly how much co2 will i need to inject to the tank ?
would i be ok using the rhinox 5000 diffuser i have
am i right in thinking the solanoid is whats used for setting the timing on the co2
how often would i need to refil the fe as this is not really a problem as there is a company 5 miles from me that will do so for £3 which ive already double checked 🙂
how many bubbles per second would i need ?
would i need more circulaton in the tank ?
another thing im currently getting a lot of brown algae on the plant leaves there is no fish in there and although the filters were fully mature the water was only recently fully replaced after cleaning the tank and re-starting
someone please help with as simple answers as you can as this is really confusing and the more i try to read up the more confused i get
thank you
firstly excuse me for sounding dumb im really not too clever on this subject
i have my 6 foot x 18"x18" tank set up now and love how it looks i have 2 54watt t5ho 865 6500k daylight white bulbs on for 10 hours a day if this is too much please advise
i have an eheim 2236 external and a fluval 4+ internal for filtration
i also had a cheap version korilia 3000lph power head/wave maker but it seemed too powerfull and was blowing the plants wildly so removed it but since i now have a dead spot were my spray bar enters the tank as i have it pointing down over slightly so there is no surface agitation were it is if this makes sense
substrate i have osmocote topped with sphagnum moss peat then 3.5" of akadama
i really didnt want to use liquid or dry ferts due to the amount and expense for the tank size so got relitivly easy growing plants which all seem to be doing well but the intention was always to add co2 also
at the minute i have bought a rhinox 5000 diffuser and aqua grow bubble counter 1 way check valves and co2 tubing
i have made a double 2l bottle diy kit for the time being although after 27 hours it is still to start giving anything out ?? were as before in my 2ft tank it worked within 24 hours using the exact same recipie ??
anyway i wanted to add pressurised co2 the tank is 100 us gallons which is roughly 84 uk gallons and i was going to use a 6kg welding bottle at first but the refilling is substantually more than the fe method so was going to buy a 2kg fe and a jbl regulator and solanoid off a guy on here
thing is firstly how much co2 will i need to inject to the tank ?
would i be ok using the rhinox 5000 diffuser i have
am i right in thinking the solanoid is whats used for setting the timing on the co2
how often would i need to refil the fe as this is not really a problem as there is a company 5 miles from me that will do so for £3 which ive already double checked 🙂
how many bubbles per second would i need ?
would i need more circulaton in the tank ?
another thing im currently getting a lot of brown algae on the plant leaves there is no fish in there and although the filters were fully mature the water was only recently fully replaced after cleaning the tank and re-starting
someone please help with as simple answers as you can as this is really confusing and the more i try to read up the more confused i get
thank you