Marty's tank log

[Marty.h]

[quote="fr499y" pid='41664' dateline='1572523039']
No difference at all.

You might find that using 2x 6400k, 1x 2500k, 1x 10000k will give you a wide spectrum with a nice 'daylight' look

I've used 14000k, purple, pink, blue plus, 6400k and 2500k tubes over the years and a good mix works well.
[/quote]That's food for thought on them K ratings however could suddenly changing K ratings on some bulbs upset the tank as in algae appear as I know in marine if you play around with spectrum to much it can promote algae growth is it worth altering anything if everything is fine ?

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[fr499y]

Just a quick one as well.

Warm/tropical are about 2500-3000k, Natural/Nature tubes are around the 4000k mark ( more yellow tubes ), Daylight's are the 6500k

It can cause issues, best to change one tube and and keep an eye on everything for a month

If what you have is working well, might not be worth playing with

[Marty.h]

[quote="fr499y" pid='41667' dateline='1572523272']
Just a quick one as well.

Warm/tropical are about 2500-3000k, Natural/Nature tubes are around the 4000k mark ( more yellow tubes ), Daylight's are the 6500k

It can cause issues, best to change one tube and and keep an eye on everything for a month

If what you have is working well, might not be worth playing with
[/quote]It may be best to just leave it as it is currently dont want to mend something that not broken

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[Marty.h]

The difference 6 days make

26 October


1st November


Seems I'm more green fingered then I thought also been managing to keep household plants alive as well [emoji23] by now I would of normally killed them even treated myself to a Bonsai tree a few months back and that's still alive with new shoots ect

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[Gingerlove05]

Your growing

[plankton]

So, why are you worried about lighting and algae again?

[Annie]

Looking lovely, amazing how things shoot up.

[Marty.h]

[quote="plankton" pid='41880' dateline='1572688017']
So, why are you worried about lighting and algae again?
[emoji14]
[/quote]I did have that staghorn appear Ian but dosing excel and upping CO2 and ferts seems to of irradicated it and currently haven't seen any other alage have stopped adding excell well stopped that quite a few days back and apart from a plant I bought appeared to have black beard alage on it that got put in the bin as I was not prepared to introduce that to my tank

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[Stephen]

Tank looks great and the plants are growing well Marty

[Marty.h]

Thanks all with my birthday only a few days away the other half asked what I wanted so she decided to get me a spare 2L ista CO2 bottle this makes fill ups easier as I'll always have a full bottle on standby I said you may as well get me something useful I'll actually use [emoji23]

She is actually getting into the tank as well which is nice and has an input.

Oh and little man just over 3 weeks old now [emoji3059]




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