My latest Glossy setup (3rd in a year)

[melc]

Hi all,

This is my latest setup, about one month old now.

Pls feel free to comment.


Tank Dimensions: 90cm X 45cm X 45cm

Lighting Intensity: 4 X 25W
Number and type of Lighting: FL
Age of light bulbs : 01 (3 months), 03 (6 months)
No. of hours lights on: 10 hours per day (9am to 1pm), (5pm to 11pm)

CO2 Injection Rate: 2BPS
Type of CO2: Cylinder
Method of Injection: Reactor

Liquid fertilisers Used: Seachem Flourish Excel and Flourish
Fertilization regime: 2 capfuls daily for Flourish, 2 capfuls alternate days for Excel

Other fertilizers: Nil

Other additives: ADA bacter 100 and Super clear

Type of Filter: Eheim Pro 3, 2073 and Eheim Ecco 2234
When was the filter last washed : One month ago
Filter media used : Standard media from the filter sales package
When was the media last changed : NA
What was changed : NA

Age of setup: Been one month old.

Water change frequency : Fortnightly
Amount changed : 50%.

Water surface movement: Gentle
Circulation: Gentle

Tank Temperature : 25 DC (reading from thermometer), chiller set at 26 DC.

Bioload : 04 otos.

[madnugget]

bro, ever thought of putting your reactor outside? your reactor looks like the ISTA large reactor that can be used external. Kind of unsightly inside the tank unless you could put some tall stem plants to camouflage it.

[Biotopeshop]

Hi,

It seemed that the leaves are heading upwards. You might want either snip the leaves off or push them back into the substrate.
Are your leaves pearling? You may want to check that the CO2 amount is enough by checking your pH, once when the light and CO2 are turned on and once by noon, to see if the pH drops.

Please also consider to end the lighting hours much earlier, as in our opinion, the biological clock of the plants will signal resting time for themselves by nightfall.

All the best.

Thio