Majsa
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How do you manage your surface agitation and gas exchange with a lot of floaters in the tank?
I started a 54L (60cm) tank 5 weeks ago and I am trying to get the CO2 right. I recently added a new portion of Salvinia to the tank and changed the green Eheim wide jet outflow pipe (which was capable of messing the floaters and even the substrate) to a stainless Chihiros inflow & outflow set. The filter is Eheim eXperience 150 (500l/h), substrate is Tropica Soil Powder.
How important is degassing CO2 during the night? My drop checker stays apple to lime green all day and night, while I run CO2 7 hours a day (2 hours before lights on and 2 hours before lights off). The PH is around 6.4 during the day and 6.6 in the morning. I run an air stone tonight but that wasn't a success, my son woke up much too early to the noise and it didn't make much difference either. I took some tank water in a glass this morning and just measured the PH, it had risen to 7.1. Is this where I should be aiming for just before the CO2 goes on, or does it not matter? I want to make this a good home for the CPDs and shrimp when they move in after the holidays (the tank is temporarily housing two amano's and they are not bothered about anything).
This morning I lifted the outflow to the highest where I think it can be without pushing the floaters under water, let's see how that goes. The end of the outflow is detachable so maybe fitting in a custom glass lily pipe would work, do you think? Or one of those stainless pipes with a flat end? I don't trust myself with full glass pipes. I gave two handfuls of Salvinia to a friend yesterday and put one handful in another tank, but see hardly any difference, it must be growing like mad!
I started a 54L (60cm) tank 5 weeks ago and I am trying to get the CO2 right. I recently added a new portion of Salvinia to the tank and changed the green Eheim wide jet outflow pipe (which was capable of messing the floaters and even the substrate) to a stainless Chihiros inflow & outflow set. The filter is Eheim eXperience 150 (500l/h), substrate is Tropica Soil Powder.
How important is degassing CO2 during the night? My drop checker stays apple to lime green all day and night, while I run CO2 7 hours a day (2 hours before lights on and 2 hours before lights off). The PH is around 6.4 during the day and 6.6 in the morning. I run an air stone tonight but that wasn't a success, my son woke up much too early to the noise and it didn't make much difference either. I took some tank water in a glass this morning and just measured the PH, it had risen to 7.1. Is this where I should be aiming for just before the CO2 goes on, or does it not matter? I want to make this a good home for the CPDs and shrimp when they move in after the holidays (the tank is temporarily housing two amano's and they are not bothered about anything).
This morning I lifted the outflow to the highest where I think it can be without pushing the floaters under water, let's see how that goes. The end of the outflow is detachable so maybe fitting in a custom glass lily pipe would work, do you think? Or one of those stainless pipes with a flat end? I don't trust myself with full glass pipes. I gave two handfuls of Salvinia to a friend yesterday and put one handful in another tank, but see hardly any difference, it must be growing like mad!