Originally Posted by Biollante Hi, This thread is the follow on to the hijack of Where to Get Plants, thread http://www.barrreport.com/showthread...t-plants/page2 The big three for plant sanitizers, because they are cheap and (supposed to be) readily available, are Bleach, 19 or 20:1 solutions of 5% Sodium hypochlorite, Potassium Permanganate, KMnO4, dilute solution and Alum solutions. Potassium Permanganate, KMnO4 in this Evil Plant Monsters opinion is the best ...
Hi all, I thought i would try out the blog section, and describe how i have made my own 4dKH solution. What you will need. Sodium Bicarbonate Suitable container for at least 1000ml Lab ware 500ml measuring cylinder Demin/RO water 500ml sample jar Method. First measure out 1000ml of Demin/RO water using the measuring cylinder (remember to take the reading from the bottom of the meniscus) and transfer to a clean container. ...
Hi everyone, I'm doing very nice proceeding with my new tank. I just finished most of the colour change of the supporting cabinet, I repainted it from black to silver grey. The only thing left to do is make two doors to make it completely closed. I also finished setting up the lights. These consist of four 10.000K lamps and four 3.000K T5 lamps, which give a combined 6.500K and 250 Watts. The filters were installed with the inline AM1000 reactors, there is two of each, one on the ...
Updated 02-16-2010 at 12:52 PM by dutchy
Hi, If what I write makes you angry, please go away, that is okay, I am not trying to make anyone angry, life is really too short. If you are new to aquatic plants don’t worry about the whys and wherefores, this is stuff that may never be important to you. (Or anyone else on the planet.) This is an example of both observation and what I mean by replicating things in various forums. Many times replicating situations takes some time and effort, sometimes not. ...
Hi, If what I write makes you angry, please go away, that is okay, I am not trying to make anyone angry, life is really too short. I get a fair number of pm’s, emails and I find the sum total of the underlying questions about EI is, “Does it really work?” “Is it really that simple? The sum total of my answer is yes, to both questions. The strange thing is all the questions all the parts per this and parts per that. RO/DI, NH4,NO3-N, CaCO3, ...