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09-28-2006, 07:07 PM

That is a great deal of lighting for the tank, not enough plants also.
Pack 2-3x that amount and reduce the lighting to 110w till things settle down.
Add some excel in the meantime to beat the algae back also.

The rest is CO2/dosing.

Given your tap, just do 50-70% weekly water changes and add:

1/2 teaspoon GH booster after water change

3x a week:
1/4 teaspoon KNO3(later, 1/2)
1/8 teaspoon PO4
TMG or traces 10mls

That should do it.

The rest is all CO2.

Oncwe ther tank does well, then you have a good handle on CO2, then add the 220w for maybe 3-4 hours in the middle of the day.

No more than 10 hours light per day.

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Tom Barr
  
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