I'm also getting some diatoms on the pvc in the tank. Is that normal? I can't test for nitrates right now because my API test kit is hosed, giving me falsely high numbers.
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I'm also getting some diatoms on the pvc in the tank. Is that normal? I can't test for nitrates right now because my API test kit is hosed, giving me falsely high numbers.
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1/8 is normal, not 1/4.
Let it grow more.
Correction: it is 1/8th. Duh. The other slot was 3/16" to 1/4". This one is 1/8". Wasn't thinking yesterday, apparently :oops:
Here are my screens from the latest cleaning. On SantaMonica's advice I waited 10 days since my last cleaning. http://tapatalk.com/mu/6c663e46-432d-8442.jpg
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Its looking good, how are you nutrients?
My API Nitrate test is whacked, showing around 5 times the correct amount (I verified it at a water treatment place). So until I get the salifert kit I'm ordering at the end of the week, I have no idea, and I don't test for phosphate right now either. I do have coraline growing like mad--seriously wild growth for the first time ever. I'm dosing kalk and it is barely keeping up. So the tank must be in pretty decent shape.
Keep in mind that you have to measure nutrients right away to get a correct reading. Each hour that the water stays in a bottle will allow the bacteria to consume the organics, and thus decrease pH, and increase N and P.