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Originally Posted by laka
I have taken aspects of both methods and married the two into one.
I am not comfortable with the CO2 levels that PPS uses. I feel it is way too low so have kept my CO2 levels at between 20-25ppm. (I tried 30 but angelfish stressed and yes i did have ample surface agitation. My CO2 is only on with lights.)
I agree this is probably the main reason for algae issues in PPS as well.
LAKA
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Bear in mind that you can be nothing like that accurate in determining your co2, the best your going to get is within 5-20. Even with a drop checker its not really possible to determine better than that without any kind of serious test equipment.
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Originally Posted by laka
EI requires regular water changes of 50% PREFERABLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS. As i stated on a previous post i have a 180g tank in my living room. I am not keen on automated plumbing as you suggested .
This tank used to be a cichlid tank and i religiuosly did 75% water changes weekly for 10 years! I've simply had eough.
LAKA
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If your after a low maintenance tank, why dont you consider doing a non co2 setup? If your not going to want to do alot of water changes then your probably going to run into issues.. a large and extremely important part of EI is water changes.
Flora