Easycarbo Or Co2 Systems Which Is Best
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The difference is money availability and the growth rate. Liquid carbon is probably many times less effective than injected CO2 and the plants will grow way slower, so it depends what you have the finances for and how fast you want your plants to grow.
But the most important first is to learn how to grow the plants and have an idea of what to look out for to predict a problem. The fastest the growth, the faster the problems will develop and you'd have to react faster, in case not all goes to plan.
Also, with injected CO2, you'd better start off with a fishless tank until you are sure all is running well with no issues, in case you gas your fish by accident....but that's not necessary if you are careful and know what you are doing.
The easiest is to start with liquid carbon, try growing the plants, see if you can achieve a balance with the ferts and light.
Then you can always start with injected CO2 at any time, increase the ferts, etc... Some folks use both liquid carbon and injected CO2 in heavily planted tanks, because you can only inject so much CO2 before the fish show signs of stress. So they don't cancel each other really.
But the most important first is to learn how to grow the plants and have an idea of what to look out for to predict a problem. The fastest the growth, the faster the problems will develop and you'd have to react faster, in case not all goes to plan.
Also, with injected CO2, you'd better start off with a fishless tank until you are sure all is running well with no issues, in case you gas your fish by accident....but that's not necessary if you are careful and know what you are doing.
The easiest is to start with liquid carbon, try growing the plants, see if you can achieve a balance with the ferts and light.
Then you can always start with injected CO2 at any time, increase the ferts, etc... Some folks use both liquid carbon and injected CO2 in heavily planted tanks, because you can only inject so much CO2 before the fish show signs of stress. So they don't cancel each other really.
Can you tell us a bit more about your tank? E.g. size, lighting, etc.
For a planted tank it's also best if you up the filtration. 10x the water volume flow is best so for your tank 2000L/H manufacturer's rating filtration. You already have 1000L/H so I would look into an external filter of the same flow rate at least.
The light type is irrelevant. Most bulbs will grow plants just fine and you don't need much even with injected CO2. It will just have an impact on the rate of growth to an extent if the light amount is lower, but not that much and then again it will give you additional time should you run into a problem.
The light type is irrelevant. Most bulbs will grow plants just fine and you don't need much even with injected CO2. It will just have an impact on the rate of growth to an extent if the light amount is lower, but not that much and then again it will give you additional time should you run into a problem.
If the size of the gravel grains are 3-4mm max, then you maybe ok. Anything bigger isn't good as the plants just can't root properly. Anything too small like play sand isn't ideal too. Possibly 2-3mm grains is best.
Do a lot of reading. There are many ways to keep a planted tank and they are not all the same. So you need to decide what you want to do starting from the minimum types of substrate, type of plants, whether going injected CO2 or not, etc..
Do a lot of reading. There are many ways to keep a planted tank and they are not all the same. So you need to decide what you want to do starting from the minimum types of substrate, type of plants, whether going injected CO2 or not, etc..
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