GlassWalker
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I've wanted to make some adjustments for some time, so just wanted to sanity check some ideas before I start on the weekend.
1: My 260L tank currently has low levels of CO2 injection. I never fitted the inline device to the filter, so currently relies on an in tank diffuser. I don't know what my CO2 levels are but a drop checker never really gets out of the blue zone, maybe turquoise at most. What I am fed up with is the massive growth rate in this tank, so I want to slow it down. I hope to do this two ways: 1, remove the CO2, and 2, presumably I need to reduce lighting, although I don't feel the tank is highly lit anyway (about 40W of LED on a tall-ish 4ft tank). Given the low CO2 injection levels anyway, I'm hoping it would not be much of a shock to the plants if I just pulled the plug on them?
2, My clado infected tank is stable, not clearing but not getting much worse as long as I pick out new clumps. That's nominal 125L capacity, more likely 100L after displacement, and currently I'm dosing 4 to 5 ml per day of EasyCarbo. I was dosing higher than that, but reduced it to this as I had just introduced some crystal black shrimps and I've had my 1st lot of babies recently. Anyone know if there is a safe upper limit to EasyCarbo dosing with shrimp? Would it help fight clado if I move the CO2 system from the other tank to this tank? That is in addition to the EasyCarbo dosing. I don't mind fast growth in this tank as it is smaller and much easier to work inside.
As a side thought, I'm thinking of moving more fish from closing down another tank in the near future. Currently I'm running a 25W LED bar open topped, but as the fish are jumpers I'd have to put the old 2x20W T8 lid back on if I were to do that. Subjectively I think the two T8s are lower light intensity overall. Is this likely to cause any problems?
1: My 260L tank currently has low levels of CO2 injection. I never fitted the inline device to the filter, so currently relies on an in tank diffuser. I don't know what my CO2 levels are but a drop checker never really gets out of the blue zone, maybe turquoise at most. What I am fed up with is the massive growth rate in this tank, so I want to slow it down. I hope to do this two ways: 1, remove the CO2, and 2, presumably I need to reduce lighting, although I don't feel the tank is highly lit anyway (about 40W of LED on a tall-ish 4ft tank). Given the low CO2 injection levels anyway, I'm hoping it would not be much of a shock to the plants if I just pulled the plug on them?
2, My clado infected tank is stable, not clearing but not getting much worse as long as I pick out new clumps. That's nominal 125L capacity, more likely 100L after displacement, and currently I'm dosing 4 to 5 ml per day of EasyCarbo. I was dosing higher than that, but reduced it to this as I had just introduced some crystal black shrimps and I've had my 1st lot of babies recently. Anyone know if there is a safe upper limit to EasyCarbo dosing with shrimp? Would it help fight clado if I move the CO2 system from the other tank to this tank? That is in addition to the EasyCarbo dosing. I don't mind fast growth in this tank as it is smaller and much easier to work inside.
As a side thought, I'm thinking of moving more fish from closing down another tank in the near future. Currently I'm running a 25W LED bar open topped, but as the fish are jumpers I'd have to put the old 2x20W T8 lid back on if I were to do that. Subjectively I think the two T8s are lower light intensity overall. Is this likely to cause any problems?
