Plant Tank Crash
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I don't understand your lighting. 10000K I get, but "6500K blue actinic" makes no sense. An actinic light that looks blue will have a color temp of 20,000K or even higher. a 6500K bulb is a regular daylight bulb.
Temp 79 degrees F. Yes fish. No inverts. Fish are fine. No NO2 or NO3. No i do not use a drop checker. Never had a use for one. What is it?
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A drop checker is the easiest (and best) way to see that your CO2 is in the 15-30PPM range. For (tons) more, search the forum for "drop checker".
What it is: 4dKH water with a little pH indicator solution added (usually, a few drops of the regular pH stuff in any API master kit).
Where/How it works: It sits in your aquarium with an air gap between the above solution & the tank's water. The CO2 dissolved in the tank water reaches equilibrium with the checker's solution, lowering the pH a bit.
What it means: Blue solution means little or no CO2. Green is 15-30PPM CO2 (assuming you used 4dKH based solution - is great for plants, non toxic to fish), Yellow means your CO2 is >30PPM, ease up on it some, or risk harming your fish.
What it is: 4dKH water with a little pH indicator solution added (usually, a few drops of the regular pH stuff in any API master kit).
Where/How it works: It sits in your aquarium with an air gap between the above solution & the tank's water. The CO2 dissolved in the tank water reaches equilibrium with the checker's solution, lowering the pH a bit.
What it means: Blue solution means little or no CO2. Green is 15-30PPM CO2 (assuming you used 4dKH based solution - is great for plants, non toxic to fish), Yellow means your CO2 is >30PPM, ease up on it some, or risk harming your fish.
the tank has been running for 2+ years now without any significant problems. Definitely no mass extinction of species! No meteors or comets (heh-heh). To my knowledge no introduction of harmful chemicals. No rational upfront explanations. Just speculation. Has anyone else ever experienced this? I would be interested in hearing about your tank circumstances.
Maybe I will increase the CO2 a bit.
Maybe I will increase the CO2 a bit.
Actually it can be their primary ferts in certain environments but there are other ferts that do just as well in combinations.
So you are using a nitrogen supplement other than some kind of nitrate? I'd be interested in knowing what that is.
