I’m off to buy some plant fertiliser with extra iron to experiment... this is in a separate tank with NO shrimp in it... just macro algae with no light on top, it just gets external light from my tanks either side of it.
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Re: Made a start
PostPosted:19 Mar 2018 19:47
by Vorteil
I've been using Envy in the last two weeks. Purple tech has been maybe 2-3 months. Stopped using purple tech and will continue to use envy. Both were purchased at the LFS.
Re: Made a start
PostPosted:20 Mar 2018 10:00
by odin
I purchase this one last night, I haven’t used it yet though.
Re: Made a start
PostPosted:20 Mar 2018 14:06
by QDanT
After the last 50% water change
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just got to get the Nitrite down. I've some Prodibio BioDigest in the post not shure wether to do another water change then add it
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or just add it without a water change
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the Algae seems to be growing
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so get the Nitrite down and I'll add a couple of Zebra Nerite Snails and tell them to clean up the front glass
Re: Made a start
PostPosted:20 Mar 2018 14:59
by odin
Yeah stop dosing Ammonia now, do a large water change and add a vial of biodigest and just observe for a few days and take some measurements as this should speed up the process. Failing that you can just continue to do large water changes until your Nitrites disappear and the cycle completes.
As long as you have zero Ammonia and Nitrites and very very low Nitrates it’s safe to add shrimp.
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Re: Made a start
PostPosted:22 Mar 2018 23:33
by QDanT
22-3-18 50% water change and added x1 standard vial Prodibio BioDigest