My planted 20L, suggetions!?! (56K i think)

addictedtofish, it's an estimation but yeah i use 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of yeast and 1/3-1/2 cup of sugar for each batch- the container is the one that comes with the hagen CO2 setup- i based my size estimate on a starbucks cup it's probably a little bigger than their 20 oz. b/c it's a cylander - it doesn't narrow at the base like a paper cup. I'll look it up onine and get a better number for you :)
cheers!
 
well here are the dimensions of the fermentaion jar: 3" diameter x 7¾" height

edit: so that means about 30 oz. or just shy of one liter

thanks for keeping me honest ;) lol
 
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update:
well i still haven't found any phosphate but lifting the light a bit and shortening the photo period seems to have slowed the GSA. doesn't seem to be advancing at all.

I've changed the light a little: I lowered it to 2 inches above the tank and have had the lid off for 5 days without incident. . .

I picked up more rummys at the LFS. I was going to get 4 for a total of 8 but they had 5 and i didn't want to leave 1 loaner behind so i bought five and now i have a total of 9, (i know i'm a ridiculous sap but what can i say). They seem to have adjusted well. all of their noses are a deep red and the rummys that have been in the tank seemed totally ecstatic to have new mates. I haven't had any losses and no ammonia or nitrite. they've been in the tank since tuesday evening, so i think they'll all make it.

I also added one more critter- a bamboo shrimp, when he first went in I was a little worried b/c he was very light colored. but the next morning he was a warm brown/red color and he was filtering away sandwiched between two sword leaves. He's as fascinating as my other shrimp and i'm eager to see him grow.

the bacopa is already breaking through the surface of the water. I'm going to do some research and find out if i need to do anything special to get it to flower. yeah!

thanks for reading everyone!
 
little update:
I've been a bit lazy this week and haven't dosed any ferts since the water change (5 days ago) and the rotala needs a trim and i haven't gone and gotten any phosphates- but the tank looks good (lol) the GSA seems to be on it's way out- i think the reduced photo period and raising the lights is the source of the improvement.

I had an adventure in shrimp keeping this week. one evening while doing my customary head count i couldn't find the bamboo shrimp. I didn't get excited at first b/c he hides very well when he's not filtering. So i grabbed a net to sift through the rotala and wisteria -no bamboo shrimp. . . . that's not good! where could he have gone. . .did the cat eat him. . . .well maybe he crawled into the filter so i start slowly pulling the filter media up and surprise a shrimp flops out onto the floor. AH! after fussing over how to not injure him i get him back into the tank in the morning he's nice and red again- crisis averted. it was a little freaky tho!

cheers-K
 
I just recalled you're using a Hagen ladder in this tank; I plan to do the same with a 20L I'm setting up. I take it you're happy with it? Where did you position the ladder relative to the filter? (Oh, and how strong did you set the flow from the filter?)
 
I have it right under the outflow, and since i don't have a drop checker i can only tell you- i have enough CO2 to make my plants grow too fast ;)

it is a little hard to hide

one small downside to the ladder is that i have been getting a little gubber build up at the outlet at the base of the latter and if i don't clear it out regularly it diverts the gas bubbles so they go straight to the surface. I think if i did a bleach dip on it i could clear it out for a while.

So that being said I've been meaning to look into sticking the CO2 tube into my filter intake- I've been wondering if I'd get better CO2 saturation that way or if I'd end up gassing more off. . .

anyway the ladder does a good job

I have the filter on the highest flow rate (i like good circulation- rated 200gph :D )

cheers-K
 
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