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05-22-2013, 08:13 AM

dutchy replied to a thread Scrubbing to remove algae? in General Plant Topics

Staghorn and diatoms are often seen in an uncycled tank, caused by high NH4 and SiO3 levels. Frequent waterchanges could help here, but anyway they...

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05-21-2013, 12:19 PM

dutchy replied to a thread hulp bij opstart plantenbak in Dutch

De andere factor is CO2. Dat kan te maken hebben met onvoldoende CO2 of wisselende CO2 gehaltes door onvoldoende capaciteit van de CO2 installatie. ...

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05-16-2013, 10:45 AM

dutchy replied to a thread hello in Are you new to aquatic plants? Start here

Hi Maxwell from New York, or should I say PatFox from India....

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05-11-2013, 11:39 AM

dutchy replied to a thread replace bulbs in Lighting

Ah, ok, well you will find out as soon as you get algae ;) ....CO2 is always the first limit.

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05-10-2013, 11:56 AM

dutchy replied to a thread replace bulbs in Lighting

You want to test how much light plants can take? Well, they can take sunlight and you can never reproduce that much light. The question is: How much...

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05-08-2013, 08:03 PM

dutchy replied to a thread replace bulbs in Lighting

I use less Watts than you on a 180 gallon (702 liters) aquarium. But anyway, I agree with Yohan that 3000 and 4000K lights look too yellow. ...

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05-06-2013, 10:06 PM

dutchy replied to a thread Stem Plants Breaking Up in General Plant Topics

I think the peroxide dose is quite high. never used more than 1 ml per gallon. That was never a problem with L. aromatica, but twice as high might...

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05-01-2013, 12:46 PM

dutchy replied to a thread Hulp gevraagd bemesting 45 liter bakje zonder Co2 in Dutch

Hi, Je andere topics zijn hier samengevoegd, zo blijft alles van jouw bak onder 1 topic.

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05-01-2013, 08:52 AM

dutchy replied to a thread 2 Canister filters, 2 reactors or one biggin? in CO2 Enrichment

On my tank it's connected to a 450 gph filter.

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04-30-2013, 09:29 PM

dutchy replied to a thread The maximum CO2 amount in CO2 Enrichment

You can not get CO2 high enough to harm plants. Most of the plants we use can also live emersed. The atmosferic CO2 is 350 ppm. Basically 40 to...

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04-30-2013, 09:23 PM

dutchy replied to a thread How do you sustain a Glosso carpet? in General Plant Topics

If nothing changed, then why is the glosso growing upwards now? just two things I can think of: Light and CO2. The way to trim is ok. I usually...

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04-30-2013, 08:35 PM

dutchy replied to a thread How do you sustain a Glosso carpet? in General Plant Topics

Didn't the trim accidentally coincide with a lower CO2 level? And you got algae because of that? Also the glosso growing straight up now is a CO2...

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04-30-2013, 12:47 PM

dutchy replied to a thread Hulp gevraagd bemesting 45 liter bakje zonder Co2 in Dutch

Ik denk dat het "neerslag" is van een zeker element, maar welke? geen idee.

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04-30-2013, 10:04 AM

dutchy replied to a thread Red Plants are Green, Curling Leavs, Stunned Grow in General Plant Topics

About the BBA / turnover rate....I'm not sure. I don't think it has to do with pure ppm's, because it will even grow on the CO2 outflow pipe. On...

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04-30-2013, 09:47 AM

dutchy replied to a thread Hulp gevraagd bemesting 45 liter bakje zonder Co2 in Dutch

Wat is hetgeen dat je ruiten steeds viezer maakt? De "witte haartjes" heb ik bij mij ook gezien, maar ik heb geen idee wat het is. Wat voor...

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04-30-2013, 09:36 AM

dutchy replied to a thread Will Ikea leds have effect on plants? in Lighting

I wouldn't do more than 3 hours.

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04-30-2013, 09:18 AM

dutchy replied to a thread 2 Canister filters, 2 reactors or one biggin? in CO2 Enrichment

Basically an AM1000 has enough capacity. I use one on a 180 gallon tank. But of course capacity has to do with amount of flow and bubble rate.

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04-30-2013, 08:49 AM

dutchy replied to a thread Red Plants are Green, Curling Leavs, Stunned Grow in General Plant Topics

Tom has a point, and most of the time he's right. CO2 is the most overlooked and easiest to make mistakes. A slight measuring mistake = 10 ppm less....

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04-28-2013, 04:59 PM

dutchy replied to a thread Red Plants are Green, Curling Leavs, Stunned Grow in General Plant Topics

ok, what we have to look for is what is missing. From what I read it looks like you have Fe precipitation. Are you using an UV lamp? If so, turn...

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04-28-2013, 04:48 PM

dutchy replied to a thread Hulp gevraagd bemesting 45 liter bakje zonder Co2 in Dutch

Een T5 lamp geeft ongeveer 1,5x zo veel licht als een T8.

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04-28-2013, 08:41 AM

dutchy replied to a thread CO2 concentration and algae in Articles

That's an assumption. :) Try to let the plants decide what they need, not the one that's looking inside the tank. Based on your pH/KH figures my...

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