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Just took a reading with that digital ph meter and it gave me 5.6 ......


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You need readings throughout the day so you can see how much is in the wather and when . Starting with a reading when theres no co2 in the water then you can aim for a 1ph drop for lights on and safe levels throughout the photoperiod
Also with the 50%wc you will be adding a boat load of co2 with the new water so readings will be off check ph before the wc and straight after youll see the ph difference. Dans tank is now only getting new water 1x per week.
 
That's helpful to know .
I just popped home to see if the ph tester had arrived and quickly took a reading ,
I will take another reading at lights on ,
My photoperiod is 4pm-10pm and my
Co2 2pm-8pm

I'm not planning on water change tomorrow so will check in the morning to see what I get ,
My tap water ph is about 7.5 ,
Sunday I'm going to take reading throughout the day/photo period .



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Got over the 'teething' problems which is understandable just doing the standard tweaking to co2, a trim on the hc Is imminent, hair grass has really taken well , to be honest it all has , no visual signs of any melt 1 week in . really looking forward to getting some nice fish/critters , think I will go for the non-normal .
Still no sign of nitrite though 🙁



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Another pic I thought I would upload , this is right now !
You can see the hair grass creeping up which is good everything's still growing well and still no sign of the dreaded algae but still very early days yet , but I regret now having So much HC and not breaking the forground up a bit ,also not including some different colour plants to give it some contrast but I'm I am very satisfied with how it's worked out , and my next scape will be awesome I am sure , I have learnt a lot and still determined to nail this one all the way , not forgetting to introduce the livestock 🙂
Cheers
 
I mowed it on Sunday took about 10mm off , had straight scissors so it was a bit awkward , got some 8inch curved ones from fleabay for £2
Just playing around with the co2 now , I have really soft water so just trying to find what's best but I do have full pearling within 20mins of lights on 🙂


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That hc is doing really well mine only pearls after a water change and only briefly the whole tank seems to have slowed down somewhat where as yours looks to have sped up it is looking good Sam I'm a little down on mine at the minute want to do a huge water change but holding off till I've finished the course of snail killer I'm using
 
Cheers dude , I'm religiously trying to make the conditions perfect and also doing the recommended water changes without fail .
I do my water changes 1st thing in the morning then dose my Ei then my liquid carbon , same goes for when I don't do a water change.
I only use my light on 100% for 4 hrs , 2hrs @ 25% whether this has helped ??
Also just adjusted my co2 to come on 3 hrs before lights on as the plants seem to pearl better into the second half of the photo period then that's off 3 hours before lights of , just checking ph of that adjustment this evening 🙂



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looking good mate lovely carpet I must say and great spraybar I copied it fir mine, what livestock you getting ?

dean
 
Livestock ...... Hmmm not sure . Don't want to go for the obvious , want to use something thats going to stand out well 🙂 I will probably visit the lfs and make a decision then . The tank is still cycling so no livestock any time soon .
Cheers


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