here are some growth pics. Looks a lot better to me I just replaced that screen with a brand new screen that is one inch taller due to to much splashing off the waterfall. I will keep posting pics of the NEW growth when it starts. I want to get it right this time around
O, I forgot to mention that the pic on the left was the side lit with two 26 watt cfl floods,,and the middle pic is the side with two 17 watt led grow bulbs. Its almost looking like the CFL is better to me??
I just used my Hanna digital meter that I bough last year for the first time... said 0.36. And the API said 0.25. N is zero on Salifert.
I miss the pre-liquid feeding days when everything was zero and bright purple
Make sure you used it right. Here's my procedure:
1) Take index card and bend in half
2) open packet and pour all contents onto the card
3) fill vial with 10ml water using 5ml Salifert syringe 2x
4) cap vial and wipe with a glasses-cleaning cloth
5) push button to turn device on
6) insert vial and push button to calibrate
7) when "C2" is displayed, remove vial and take cap off, pour reagent from index card into vial, try to get it all in there, then cap the vial. This should take roughly 30 seconds with practice
8) Set a timer for 2 minutes
9) Start rocking the vial back and forth, do not shake vigorously. Do this for the entire 2 minutes
10) after 2 minutes (you are now at 2 min 30 sec), tap the vial several times or "flick" it with your finger to release microbubbles from the vial and wipe the vial down again with the glasses-cleaning cloth
11) insert the vial and push AND HOLD the button for 3 seconds.
12) Set a timer for 3 minutes to remind you to check your reading.
If you skip the "and hold" part in step 11, you will get an instantaneous, and low, reading, and you waste a reagent. Hanna Phosphate checker is the only one that requires you to press and hold the button, Lord knows why. They also chose in their infinite wisdom to have a 3 minute auto-off timer built into the thing, which leaves you less than 1 minute to try to add the reagent from the packet (which I guarantee that you cannot do easily) and wipe the vial after rocking it for 2 minutes. Then you have to remember to look at the reading before it times out. I have fallen prey to all of these design flaws more than once.
It's still the best one out there IMO, but seriously Hanna? Did you mean to make it difficult?
Floyd is correct, your scrubber has become nitrate limited... unable to complete photosynthesis, things build up.
I dealt with this issue directly! Have first hand experience SUCCESSFULLY correcting it...
My tank is a scrubber only system and never sees a water change.... Running 2 years now....
I corrected the issue just as Floyd suggested and things cleared up. I had the worst outbreak of bryopsis ever documented on RC...
Do you have algae issues in the tank yet?
I only had a slight film algae on the glass each day.Floyd: How would you extend a screen without it being a sewn up mess? good point garf,can't wait to see what the "new" algae looks like! Santa: do you have any negative effects from your phosphate?
Just zip-tie a section on to the end with the small ties, it will 'route' the water down to the surface. Too late now though...
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