PEMs Freshwater Planted 65G build

[BigAl07]

Great pics! This is REALLY making me think about my next FW tank

 

[minicrazy592]

Your smilie face has an ass chin .

Nice pics.

 

[PEMfish]

Great pics!

I think your a little off your rocker but thanks.

 

[yungreefer2410]

Fts?

 

[PEMfish]

I got my chemicals for dosing fertilizers in the mail about a week ago. Last night I drew up my dosing schedule, and made a solution of each chemical.

I will start dosing after my water change tomorrow.

 

[minicrazy592]

Updates?

 

[BigAl07]

Updates?

 

[minicrazy592]

So whats happened in 24 days? lol

 

[PEMfish]

Hey Im back in the world.

Updates? Algae. Lots of it.

 

[minicrazy592]

He lives!

 

[PEMfish]

I got a pair of rosy barbs to help with the algae.

 

[minicrazy592]

Why so much algae?

 

[PEMfish]

Good damn question. Been trying to figure that out since day one. Haven't been able to cut off its life source yet though.

 

[minicrazy592]

What kind of algae do you have exactly?

 

[PEMfish]

String.

 

[minicrazy592]

Are still dosing your tank?

 

[PEMfish]

Yep.

 

[minicrazy592]

Too much iron if I recall right then.

 

[PEMfish]

Probably. I'll try cutting that out for awhile. I have 45lbs of fluorite which doesn't help that.

 

[PEMfish]

I am dosing with less iron and trace elements for the next two weeks. Might cut down on phosphate too.

I unplugged my CO2 solenoid valve from the switch and plugged it directly into the wall to tune the needle valve. I forgot to plug it back into the switch and left it on all night! PH was 6.0 this morning, its 7.8 without any CO2 to put in perceptive. The cherry bard and both Rosy barbs were gasping at the surface. My rummy nose has not been seen, I fear the worst. I dropped an air line in and have got it up to 6.5 so far, still not close to the 7.2 it should be. But at 6.4 they stopped gasping.