Hi aquabillpers and Bhornsey

I am supplying 10h of light a day; 6h was just how long the light had been on when I carried out the tests on the water. My KN03 dosing is 7.5ppm every other day, would you suggest increasing this as my tank is quite heavily planted.

I am measuring my CO2 through the use of a drop checker, I recently tried turning up my CO2 however I managed to turn it up too high and lost some of my fish while I was at work, so I am slowly turning it up at the moment until I find the middle ground (however I experienced the problems with my Hygros before this.) I have the CO2 coming on a couple of hours before the light, however I find my plants don’t really start pealing until the end of the day, and my ricca appears not to pearl at all.

I believe the lower GH in my tank water may be due to the fact I am only dosing Epsom salts 1 week and doing water changes 2 a week, would you suggest dosing more often? Also I have ADA aqua soil in my tank and bogwood which I heard can lower the GH.

My lighting is 2x 36w Interpet daylight plus and 2x 24w Interpet triplus in an over tank light, giving me a total of 3.5w. I have retaken my FE test a few time and always seem to get the same result 0, so I am unsure of these results are accurate or not.


Thanks for your time
Regards.