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aparker2005

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Hey guys! Got my low tech 55 gallon started today finally! My new lights (Coralife 10,000k 65 Watt x2) also came in.

I purchased wisteria, swords, Java fern, and Java Moss.

Picked up api root tabs, Flourish, and excel as well.

I put 2 root tabs near my 2 swords, and added a cap full of flourish and excel.

My lights are on a timer from 5 am to 9 am, and 5 pm to 9 pm. This schedule works for me during the week because of my work schedule. Is this okay? I am off on Fridays through Sundays, so do I need to keep this schedule or can I adjust on weekends?

Also what schedule of each fertilizer and excel should I dose? And do I need any of the other flourish products such as iron or potassium? Any info would be appreciated as I killed all of my plants last time.

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gmh

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I dose a small amount of liquid carbon every day to be consistent. I dose Metrocide 14 which has the same active ingredient as Excell, about 4 mm/day in my 40 gallon, so that'd be about 5-6 mm/day in a 55g.
Excell is less concentrated however so maybe 8 mm/day would be appropriate. You might start out a little lower than that an see how it goes.
Nice looking setup, by the way.
 
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