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So anyway they started decaying. I ripped them all out. The green grassy stuff had rotted too. So I don't know. There is plenty circulation and all the water parameters seem ok. The liquid ferts didn't help.

  Right you are! Sorry for the senior moment. With my regime as I had it - the pH stayed static at 7.1 during the day. I shall leave some water to stand overnight and then check and see what happens prior to lights on time.   It seems that some of the Eleocharis sp. "mini" has rotted. I opted to...

Thanks levahe!   As I have mentioned, I have adjusted the lighting. I hacked back the plants that had been overcome by algae, and removed all the green-hair-stranded-algae from the tank. There is only a little surface algae on the side of the filter.   I spent the entire of yesterday going from...

Thanks Levahe and Ch4rlie!   Appreciate the input. I understand the issue of 8 hours now. I have adjusted the timer to turn on at 1300 and turn off at 2100. There will be some ambient light, however as both the missus and I work odd hours, its all random.   Will go and see if there is the CO2...

Hi Levahe,   Thanks for the comprehensive feedback. I see what you mean about the Ferropol. I shall check out a more comprehensive fertiliser. I was primarily using the Ferropol to increase my Fe as it was close to 0.   Once this long awaited CO2 tester arrives, I shall be sure to monitor the...

I have also just noticed some green hair algae strands developing. I wonder if my CO2 levels are too low... I am sure the nutrients are ok, as I use both the ferropol daily drops and weekly liquid...

  Here it is... Not the best quality, but I think it gives the idea. Bowfront aquariums impossible to photograph close up LOL!

  Thanks for that! I came to the same calculations as to raw light output. However, this little caveat from Juwel (manufacturers of the tank and lighting):       I was therefor under the impression that the two 54W T5's plus reflectors pushed me well over the 0.5w per litre requirement....   No...

  I have a KH of 4, and a GH of around 11. PO4 was 0. PH is 7.1 stable. NH4 is low at 0.20.   I will post a photo shortly. Need to get the camera from upstairs...   I was just concerned about CO2, as the graph for optimal CO2 between my PH and KH didn't have an optimal value. LOL.   Thanks for...

  Thanks for the reply!   What I didn't add in the OP was that both bulbs have a reflector too...   So: Should I be leaving the lights on longer? or is this lighting combination just too little?   And to be specific, they are the T5 High output, Daylight (9000K)... The tank doesn't allow...

Hi guys...   I planted several of these from the 1-2-Grow pots from Tropica plants...   It is a new aquarium, about 10 days into it's cycle...   The tank is a Jewel Vision 260, and has two T5 54W bulbs, which are on a timer from 0600 thru til 2300. CO2 is on from 0500 thru 2200. As I don't have...

Quite a few - 4 big stem ones (Crinum Natans, Myriophyllum matogrossense, Rotala wallichii and a Limnophila aquatica). Then heaps of small ones (Java moss all over the shrimp hut, lots of Ammania sp. 'Bonsai', lots of Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini', and plenty Utricularia graminifolia... And...

Hi everybody,   I got a 260l (68 USG/57iG) tank and set it all up with sand, plants, wood, and obviously water. Its steady at 26C (78F), and has 16 bubbles per minute CO2 going through an atomiser. Lots of T5 lighting (2 x 54W 1047mm [41"] T5 bulbs). Good filteration and water movement through...