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Re: What's missing?
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: What's missing?
- From: Chuck Gadd <cgadd at cfxc_com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:32:27 -0700
- Delivered-To: fixup-Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com@fixme
- References: <200003142048.PAA25328 at actwin_com>
I'm appending a bunch of responses into one.. thanks to all for the
input!
> Kevin Conlin had this a few years ago. I went down there (Montreal)
> and we did some experimenting. We came to the conclusion that it was
> caused by dissolved gas in his tap water - probably air. The excess comes
I had thought that might be it, but was hoping there was something magical
I could add to recreate the dramatic pearling I get after a water change.
> I doubt that any nutrient shortages could cause this short-term temporary
> bubbling. The nutrients don't have a direct effect on the photosynthesis
> rate. To the extent that other nutrients might increase that
That does make sense.
> You are probably adding MORE TMG after a water change also and this may
> allow plants to acquire all they need to pearl like crazy but they quickly
Actually, I normally forget to add the larger amount of TMG for at least
a few hours.
> levels and the pearling. I also think tanks with lots of light 3+ watts per
> gallon (and Co2 injection) tend to become O2 saturated from high
> photosynthesis rates and pearl more readily. What are your lighting levels
I've got 240 watts over a 75g. It's a mix of Tritons, and 5000K and 6500K
daylight tubes. (2 of each)
> for this tank? I also think a tank that is constantly pearling (a good
> thing) is running at a higher metabolic rate and may need more maintenance
> and attention. But this is a personal choice whether you want to be
> trimming plants every 5 days!
I want! I want! Actually, I do currently need to trim about that often.
My main thing is that I love seeing the solid lines of bubbles rising in
the tank. It just looks so cool!
> Perhaps you too have "magic water"<G>. My NO3 levels are close to yours. My
> PO4 levels are in the 1.0ppm range out of the tap. KH and GH are two other
> levels to test the tap for. 3-7 KH and a GH of 3-9 or so are good(mine are 5
KH is a solid 3 degrees, GH is 7 degrees.
> If you run into a problem or slowed growth ....do a water change and raise
> the nutrient levels back up and start over. Pretty simple eh?
Actually, I just noticed some evil blue-green algae on several clumps of
frogbit. It was just a tiny bit. I'll be keeping a close watch for any
more of it!