mattbeau
Fish Crazy
ok monday I fell asleap on the couch and forgot to turn the light off, so I left it off all day, now I have what apears to be diatom, wasnt too bad, noticed it on a few plants, but the glass was covered in a milky like substance (i'm assuming diatom also.
I scrubbed the glass, and the light is currently on, (this time it will be off even at the hint of sleepyness)
this is the first time I have seen diatome since I started back in may, I had it after the first week of fish hobby which was quickly removed by my the oto's when it first showed up
It is also the first time I havent seen a snail
I'm assuming that the lack of snails gave the diatom a chance, and the lack of light for the day after an extended photoperiod was just enough to let the diatome flourish
my question though, shouldnt my plants been more of a competition then say the diatome (even with the light off for 12 hours)
I havent gotten the test kits to read kh and gh yet(dont know where to get them)
but my co2 reactor is putting out about 1 bubble per six seconds on a nutrafin ladder (if that helps)
and I have been dosing with plant grow every other day at half dosage (is this too much or too little)
I'm also using a 10,000k 55 w lightbulb by catalina 55 watts in a 20g
I know it would be much more helpfull to have those readings though so really this is all just speculation
I scrubbed the glass, and the light is currently on, (this time it will be off even at the hint of sleepyness)
this is the first time I have seen diatome since I started back in may, I had it after the first week of fish hobby which was quickly removed by my the oto's when it first showed up
It is also the first time I havent seen a snail
I'm assuming that the lack of snails gave the diatom a chance, and the lack of light for the day after an extended photoperiod was just enough to let the diatome flourish
my question though, shouldnt my plants been more of a competition then say the diatome (even with the light off for 12 hours)
I havent gotten the test kits to read kh and gh yet(dont know where to get them)
but my co2 reactor is putting out about 1 bubble per six seconds on a nutrafin ladder (if that helps)
and I have been dosing with plant grow every other day at half dosage (is this too much or too little)
I'm also using a 10,000k 55 w lightbulb by catalina 55 watts in a 20g
I know it would be much more helpfull to have those readings though so really this is all just speculation
