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PMDD, Plantex CSM+B, Greg Watson et al..
On 30 Jul 2006 22:00:44 -0700, wrote:
Pete wrote: Many thanks for your replies guys. I can't believe that I ordered all the Flourish stuff from www.aquaessentials.co.uk - I didn't even notice the PMDD link on the left!! Thanks again from me and my wallet!! Pete If you need to relieve your guilt, I do accept paypal Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com Giult duly relieved. I signed-up a couple if days ago.... Pete |
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PMDD, Plantex CSM+B, Greg Watson et al..
Thanks Tom - See you at the Barr Report forum where I became a
subscriber a few days ago!! Best wishes Pete On 15 Aug 2006 12:46:08 -0700, wrote: Pete , most of what you see is due to CO2. Carbon is 40-45% of the plant biomass, limiting it really slows things down. Getting the nutrients right is actually very easy and requires little testing. CO2 is all that is left and should always be carefully considered when the plant growth slows down for anyb reason or algae appears. 95% of all algae related issues twend to be CO2, not enough. Simply adding a tad more and then observing thereafter works well. Be careful and do this slowly, do not be liberal with this step wise increase. Folks have killed their fish by gassing them. Having some surface ripples is good IME/IMO. Do not go so far trying to conserve CO2, you can always add more and this will allow you to add plenty and still ahve decent O2 levels for fish. The rest is really just pruning, cleaning, water changes etc. Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com Pete wrote: On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:23:39 +0000 (UTC), (Richard Sexton) wrote: In article .com, wrote: Unlike your suggestion, I also do not need to do any water changes at all. I add water for evaporation loss only and this goes on for 6-12 months before I do a good pruning and need to clean up and do a water change. Fish health is excellent. No algae at all. Stays that way. I subscribe to Tom's particular brand of heresy also. And it does indeed work very well. No CO2, Add replacement water when it evaporates, and add ferts (I only dose 2x a week) and the result is unbelievable. Who knew defying 100 years of established aquarium lore and literature was the right answer? I've kept tropicals for 30+yrs. My current tank 54 x 18 x 24 was setup 20 yrs ago. No CO2, 3 x 36X flouro's eheim 2217 filter, UGF's. I used to do a 1/3 water change about once every 3 months, clean the filter a couple of times a year and that was about it. I bought a mixed selection of plants, most died, but those that liked the conditions flourished, maintenence was almost non-existent and the tank looked good if not spectacular. These conditions lasted for nearly 20yrs, then the tank was hit by 'old tank syndrome' which led me to where I am today. And I have to say that even though it's been expensive and quite a lot of work (installing MH lights, removing UGF's, replacing gravel, adding wet/dry filter, CO2), the early signs of using CO2 and Tom's EI routine ar very impressive - even though I only switched the CO2 on on 1 Aug, cabomba and vallis have gone crazy, and the more demanding plants that were previously just algae-hosts have got new leaves - many thanks Tom!! Best wishes Pete |
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