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So I finally gave in and did a ChemiClean treatment to the tank. I have done this 3 times in two years, usually after a tank move or rescaping etc. Since the latest rescaping 4 months ago the tank has gone thru turf algae, hair algae and finally Cyano. The cyano might be brought on by the...
Watched half of it and didn't think it was too good. It's a little bit of all over the place. Would rather watch whale wars. Nowadays there are a lot of these shows on TV it's hard to come out with something new.
Take away is eat less meat more veggie. Good for humans and the planet as well.
I have an old T5 fixture with 6 bulbs you can give it a try if you like. I like using one purple bulb really bring out the red color in fish. Buy a few more bulbs so you can play with different combos.
I like the blues from these cheap 120W LED fixtures. The whites not so much. You can mount a...
Paul - BP won't solve your PO4 problem completely. It almost always deplete NO3 first. Some people even dose NO3. You can run a little GFO to remove the excess PO4.
For hair algae problem you can get a couple of Emerald crabs. These have done wonder for me.
Forget about measuring PO4 I found it quite useless. BP is good but be patient and wait for it to kick in. I would get 3 emerald crabs that will take care of you algae problem.
Mark_C no rush. You must be busy with the new baby. I have been reading on the internet and setting up a station. Just not sure the exact thing to do yet. Maybe this is one of the things that once you've done it it becomes much easier.
So cool. This is and will be the only one in the WORLD. On the other hand electricians charge $100/hour and this will probably take at least 40 hours to build. Don't even mention the cost of copper. You got to love DIY :)