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Hi, 白格格
1. What's the wattage are you using in your tank? And What brand it it?
It's the same as yours, 65 watt Coralife PC.
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2. What kind of substrate do you have in your tank?
Ecocomplete black substrate
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3. Do you have the co2 system running there?
Yes, a 5 pound fire extinguisher
yasaki 寫:
I live in Chicago in the US and I have reviewed a lot of those planted tank websites down here and realized that most people here (North America) recommand about 2 watts per gallon of lighting should prove sufficient for a planted tank with a good outcome while people from Asia would recommand about 1 watt per liter (that's almost 4 watts per gallon).
Most Americans plant low light and root plants instead of soft leaved fragile plants like Tonina in Asia.
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My planted tank looks like crap coz I have got algea problem and my plant can't go well with even some of them died off.
I have algae too. They're not too bad as long as they don't outgrow your plants. Don't mind them too much, because you'll make your plants suffer too.
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I am using a 65 w compact from Current USA for a 30-gallon with no CO2 and only a Aquaclear200 filter. Secondly, I can't find ADA sand down here not as lucky as the majority from this site. And I am using pea gravel from homedepot (only $3 a bag for 40lbs
) as my substrate. But I 've heard the Seachem Flourite is a great substrate due to containing rich iron. Have you ever tried that out? And what would you recommand? It would be great and truly appreciate it if I can hear from you for some direction and suggustion. Thanks in advance!
Ben
CO2 will really help, if you're growing something that isn't a true water plant. Plants recieve more CO2 in air, so many plants that were not fully submerging in their natural growth will suffer really badly under water. EX. Raccia
Try Profile Turface MVP soil from Canadian tire... oh... shoot, I wonder if they have it in the US... The kribs website has an analysis on Turface MVP soil and it is believed to have sufficient iron and trace for the substrate. Best of all, it is cheap! A bag is only $9.00 Cdn
Yes, you can't find ADA and all the goodie they recommand in this forum, because we're the poor Americans... Try Onyx soil or Eco-complete substrate.
Seachem isn't bad either, but I have a lot of problem with the color. They have 2 different types, and one type has very distractive black and red. The other type is simply all red substrate, which is too distractive with green plants... Plus I didn't like how they got corners for the grains and some tend to be flat pieces of gravels that makes it hard to plant. They're not bad nutritient wise...
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