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put in new flourite, no pearling, kH dropped.
Finally I have totally replaced all my gravel to Flourite in my aquarium. It
was a PITA to clean, but it's done. That was finished friday night, it's now Sunday afternoon and it's looking pretty clear so that's great. Except for a few things...: 1. I've got no pearling on my leaves (maybe after transplanting all the plants it takes a few days for them to start "growing" again) My C02 has been running for about 11 days...21ppm should still produce pearling... 2. My kH levels have dropped from 10 to 9. (does this have anything to do with the addition of the flourite?--I thought it would increase hardness??) I had assumed that kH never fluctuated once you used water from the same source all the time. 3. kH levels have dropped to 9 therefore my C02 has also dropped to about 21ppm (my pH is staying the same at 7.1) I thought I could just measure pH levels for C02 but now it seems I've lost another constant in my calculations Any opinions? Dave. THANX |
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put in new flourite, no pearling, kH dropped.
"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote:
1. I've got no pearling on my leaves (maybe after transplanting all the plants it takes a few days for them to start "growing" again) My C02 has been running for about 11 days...21ppm should still produce pearling... The best I've ever managed is about 13ppm, so my experience doesn't really apply to your question. That said, I've only seen any pearling once. And in that case it was actually just one particular plant that was producing a bubble stream. Interestingly, if I shone a flashlight beam at the plant (in addition to my normal 3 wpg lighting), the rate of the bubbling would instantly speed up dramatically. Biology in action. Very cool. 2. My kH levels have dropped from 10 to 9. (does this have anything to do with the addition of the flourite?--I thought it would increase hardness??) I had assumed that kH never fluctuated once you used water from the same source all the time. My kH fluctuates from 13 to 15.5 ppm. Have you checked that the kH of your source has remained constant? I rather doubt that the Flourite is the cause of any fluctuation, as it's pretty inert. -- www.ericschreiber.com |
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put in new flourite, no pearling, kH dropped.
How much light do you have?
2wpg in a 15 gallon wide...pretty plenty I think. Anyway, I wouldn't worry about pearling. Your plants can be growing well even without it. I've been getting pearling for the entire time (over 3 weeks) that I have had C02 running...so it was a bit alarming to see it totally disapear. Wrong. KH naturally drops in a tank. The more stuff you have rotting in the tank, the faster the KH drops. I have to change 30% of my water every week to keep the KH up in my 29 gallon tank. It's a bit overstocked. The shrimp, platies, and snails keep breeding.... It's good I know about this..thanx. Yeah I'm starting a regime that incorporates 50% water changes every week since I'm doing double doses a week of traces and PMDD. btw, screw the legalities, send me some of your snail babies! LOL I'm getting desparate...but I am trying to get the plants to grow good...this will get rid of the algae. Hopefully my new regime with PMDD will help with this. Dave. |
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put in new flourite, no pearling, kH dropped.
In article , "Dave M. Picklyk"
writes: I've been getting pearling for the entire time (over 3 weeks) that I have had C02 running...so it was a bit alarming to see it totally disapear. I bet you're right about the plants needing to adjust to their new substrate before they start growing again...be patient and you might see more pearling yet. Erica http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mitoem/mitoem/index.htm |
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