Iwagumi 2ft tank journal

[Ifish]

Hello, this is to keep a journal of my tank.

Welcome to my journal.

[mukyo]

Nice tank.... * pun *

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[Ifish]

Day 1 of tank

[Ifish]

Plant: HC
Fishes: Not yet decided whether to add
Shrimps: Please recommend.
Yamato shrimps will be added end of the week to help cleaning up.

[felix_fx2]

You better only livestock them after your hc has some growth.

Maybe you could have planted in smaller clumps? I find larger clumps surviving better in dsm.
Just my personal opinion.

[Ifish]

You better only livestock them after your hc has some growth.

Maybe you could have planted in smaller clumps? I find larger clumps surviving better in dsm.
Just my personal opinion.

Hi Felix, thanks for your comments and time into this. Much appreciated.
Noted on stocking after hc growth, but I am not even sure if hc will grow, it's my "first attempt" planting them.
This is 1 packet of hc from LFS split into 35 smaller clumps, I nearly "died-ed" from the amount of time and effort it takes into this, haha. By the way what is dsm? Thank you.
Every opinion counts.

[Ifish]

Just planted more HCs, 1st batch planted on 4th has shrunk 20%. 2nd batch that went in show signs of bubbling. Something is wrong but I don't know what it is, those planted on 4th Nov is shrinking...

[felix_fx2]

It's becoming submerged growth bah.
Alot of us see that since the hc we can buy from normal lfs are all farmed in emersed conditions.

[Ifish]

Tropics Cuba added 2 days back, did water change and can see bubbles from plants.

Yesterday realised no bubbling and first/second batch of Cuba from lfs, non tropica turned brown.

[Ifish]

Will do water change daily 10% to see if that will help.

[Numbskull]

its melting.
Might be the lack of CO2.

[Ifish]

its melting.
Might be the lack of CO2.

2-3bps for 2ft a bit overkill?

[Cheesetian]

Yes. But also depends how strong your lights are. It has to be proportionate.

[felix_fx2]

You using 2-3 bps now??

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[Ifish]

You using 2-3 bps now??

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Now reduced down to 1 bps as my yamatos walk like drunkards and nearly "died-Ed".
Lights T5 2x24w should be 24w, I might be wrong, bought from EO.
Was using 4x24w before.
10hrs lights on and co2 for 24hrs

[milk_vanilla]

Sometimes KH is playing the part, i experienced similar before. I wasnt aware my KH is only 1 dkh that day & even though my co indicator is yellow ( i thought co2 was rich enough), PH is < 6, Till i bought KH tester.

People tend to say it's better to have KH > 4 for better buffer and protect PH from fluctuant. So i used baking soda and gradually increase from 1,2,3, and now 4 dkh. Even though my co2 indicator is around green and light green. I easily could forecast how much my co2 ppm roughly now.

Now PH is 6.3 - 6.7
dkh 4.
3 feet
T5ho 2x39W

[e[V]o|ut|on]

CO2 for 24rs?

I thought plants take in oxygen in the night and does not require CO2? What happens to the excess CO2 at night?

[Ifish]

CO2 for 24rs?

I thought plants take in oxygen in the night and does not require CO2? What happens to the excess CO2 at night?

. hmmm

Okay, sounds logical, I have just connected the co2 and light to the timer so they operate together. Would that make more sense?

[e[V]o|ut|on]

. hmmm

Okay, sounds logical, I have just connected the co2 and light to the timer so they operate together. Would that make more sense?

Bro, many may recommend to turn on the CO2 1 hr before turning on the lights and shutting off the CO2 1 hr before switching off the lights.

As to when should the CO2 and lights be turned on, you will need to see when are your plants and fishes most active periods.

[Ifish]

Bro, many may recommend to turn on the CO2 1 hr before turning on the lights and shutting off the CO2 1 hr before switching off the lights.

As to when should the CO2 and lights be turned on, you will need to see when are your plants and fishes most active periods.