skeletonw00t
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- 16 Dec 2011
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Hi all,
My account was automatically deleted for some reason, so I lost my journal.
So i've grouped together some shots from when I started my tank up until now.
The specs are:
130ltr opti white
CO2 via inline diffuser - FE method
1500Ltr/hr e1500 cristal profi filter
2X T8 25watt lights - 7 hours/day
Recently just started dosing via the EI method - was dosing all in one ferts 10ml daily before.
I'm not happy with my tank at the moment. I do regular water changes & co2 is always greeny/yellow. But my plants are yellower than they were before and growth just isn't what it should be. I deduced this was down to insufficient ferts - hopefully the EI method will sort this so I will post some more pics in a few weeks to see how it's improved.
Here is the progression from July:
July
Just set the tank up - used glosso for the foreground - later to be changed to HC (then finally to HG)...
August
September
October
Tank was definitely at its best here!
November
Now:
As you can see it looks quite dirty now - despite lots of cleaning etc. The hairgrass seems to have lots of dead shoots & it really isn't growing very fast at all.
So like I said, I'll carry on with EI and see how that improves the tank. I want to get it back to lush greens & lots of dense growth. In particular I really want the HG carpet to improve and actually cover the substrate.
Let me know your thoughts!
Link to album: http://imageshack.us/g/823/augustm.jpg/
My account was automatically deleted for some reason, so I lost my journal.
So i've grouped together some shots from when I started my tank up until now.
The specs are:
130ltr opti white
CO2 via inline diffuser - FE method
1500Ltr/hr e1500 cristal profi filter
2X T8 25watt lights - 7 hours/day
Recently just started dosing via the EI method - was dosing all in one ferts 10ml daily before.
I'm not happy with my tank at the moment. I do regular water changes & co2 is always greeny/yellow. But my plants are yellower than they were before and growth just isn't what it should be. I deduced this was down to insufficient ferts - hopefully the EI method will sort this so I will post some more pics in a few weeks to see how it's improved.
Here is the progression from July:
July
![julyi.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg829.imageshack.us%2Fimg829%2F2707%2Fjulyi.jpg&hash=9d2c2416ea667c6373695ca96afc8468)
Just set the tank up - used glosso for the foreground - later to be changed to HC (then finally to HG)...
August
![augustm.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg823.imageshack.us%2Fimg823%2F6136%2Faugustm.jpg&hash=86f81f691045ae9818bc6d34dfdf0603)
September
![septemberx.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg189.imageshack.us%2Fimg189%2F9100%2Fseptemberx.jpg&hash=0abaf01f96f9949e54e2887f040855a2)
October
![october.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg600.imageshack.us%2Fimg600%2F4723%2Foctober.jpg&hash=bddf6361d3a5b8955f85c6e171a4bf2c)
Tank was definitely at its best here!
November
![novembers.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg831.imageshack.us%2Fimg831%2F8940%2Fnovembers.jpg&hash=463236e2927d18541bfb3640fe754bc6)
Now:
![img2369m.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg210.imageshack.us%2Fimg210%2F9743%2Fimg2369m.jpg&hash=40c00db7b513326a989968bf9c6cbdcd)
![img2370vh.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg685.imageshack.us%2Fimg685%2F25%2Fimg2370vh.jpg&hash=ae653af83a32f0b70bba65c476c63585)
![img2372ai.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg10.imageshack.us%2Fimg10%2F7843%2Fimg2372ai.jpg&hash=fafb3fcb66e343bcaa59979e8b5ff0fa)
![img2378mk.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg600.imageshack.us%2Fimg600%2F5270%2Fimg2378mk.jpg&hash=3331d6b735b740d86699e435557037cb)
As you can see it looks quite dirty now - despite lots of cleaning etc. The hairgrass seems to have lots of dead shoots & it really isn't growing very fast at all.
So like I said, I'll carry on with EI and see how that improves the tank. I want to get it back to lush greens & lots of dense growth. In particular I really want the HG carpet to improve and actually cover the substrate.
Let me know your thoughts!
Link to album: http://imageshack.us/g/823/augustm.jpg/