Some of you are familiar with my struggle to emerge from the valley of algae.
Over the last 2 weeks, the plants let me know that I was doing more things correctly, in a big way!
As it turns out, I had... every kind of problem. I've made a list roughly in order of biggest mistakes first
Over the last 2 weeks, the plants let me know that I was doing more things correctly, in a big way!
As it turns out, I had... every kind of problem. I've made a list roughly in order of biggest mistakes first
- Kessil Light reflectors that act like a magnifying glass even at 14" above the water, roasted my plants at the focal point while not sufficiently lighting the edges. No intensity setting could fix this problem because the distribution was so unbalanced. I'm certain it gave my guorami cataracts. This is just a terrible product for most tanks unless you're mounting lights several FEET above the tank. Better Solution without the magnifying glass effect: Kessil A360X Light Shade
- inconsistent CO2 from a sloppy bubbling diffuser (replaced with reactor)
- Excessive flow and whirlpools (spraybar upgrade solved this and I reduced turnover from 6-7X to like 3x)
- inconsistent nutrition because my micro mix refused to stay stable
This thing needs a scrub and a trim but just look at the way its filling in!