Getting started with cute CRS. Need help!

[leeruisheng]

Though its the peat in the ADA soil but it does not cause browning of water. Yes can use peat but adding of peat will brown the water.

[silane]

Old batches of ADA had browning the water problem. The new batch, called the Second Generation by ADA does not have brown water problem.

hi guys thanks for your valuable advice. i am definitely getting africanna ada but as i am really a newbie in this, small amount each time ..i suppose 2 or 3 spoonful for my 2 ft tank ? ( of track a little, how do you guys decide to use africanna or ammzonia ada when setting a new tank?)

And CO2 supplement means those co2 tank complete system or tablet is adequate?

i am also adding some driftwood as it helps in the long run to lower the ph. will my crs die in the short run before the ph hit 6.8 and below ?

regards

Use Pressured CO2 if you really want to use CO2. Do not use tablet and eletrolysis.

[stormydax]

what plants are ]u you planting? some plants does not need that much Co2 like moss...i am using a co2 tank but diffusing Co2 very slowly...everything seems okay

[Tetra Lover]

Use Pressured CO2 if you really want to use CO2. Do not use tablet and eletrolysis.

Hi silane, can you elaborate why not to use tablet and electrolysis? Do they have side effects that are harmful to CRS?

[leeruisheng]

Tablets will frizzle for a short period of time. And within this period of time, it will release all of its CO2 contents and thus there is like a sudden injection of CO2 in high concentration. Not sure about electrolysis.

[Tetra Lover]

Tablets will frizzle for a short period of time. And within this period of time, it will release all of its CO2 contents and thus there is like a sudden injection of CO2 in high concentration. Not sure about electrolysis.

Hi bro leeruisheng, thanks for the information.

[gummynut]

So when it starts to loose its ph lowering effect.. just use peat.

where can i get good quality peat? are they in granular form?

[leeruisheng]

There are brands like Sera and Ehiem just to name a few. But not sure if they are of good quality. Yup looks like ADA soil.

[PLee]

Hi silane, can you elaborate why not to use tablet and electrolysis? Do they have side effects that are harmful to CRS?

Hi Tetra Lover.

I used electrolysis before in my hino tank. Guess what... the plates get coroded and rusty after some time and my hinos keep dying one by one. Almost every other day I found dead hinos.

Then I discover that the plates were the problem. Ever since then I stop using them