I have 3 res. One is actually inside one of the tents and it's a clear bucket... in that one I use peroxide to stop algae. That one is actually rockwool dtw. It's a small one so I rinse it out once a week.
Get rid of the air stones... or only run them for an hour before feeding.
Why? It's working fine.
Because that's absolutely counter productive and the 100% straight up WRONG WAY to do it, man. Your reservoir water should literally never see the light of day. Unless you're just opening the lid to do something with it.
Still not giving me a reason dude. I get it's not ideal... but it's working fine ph is stable...nothing growing in there and the temp is perfect... dont want to buy another heater.
a darker res would be better. mine is dark green and light proof. that blue with a white lid isn't helping.
LOL. i was gonna tag you in my reply to the OP. a white lid? nope. and that blue probalby isnt' light proof enough either.
BLACK is the only truly acceptable way to go if you want actual light proofing.
Cant believe you're "ughing" me off man. Cant give a reason!? It's worked for 7 weeks.
I needed a temporary rez... and I used what I had. It cant be outside coz it's too cold.
Because algae growing in your nutes, is NOT what you want. It's causing organic matter to build inside there and ultimately will lead to rot. I bet your water temps are above 75°F too.
what do you think the algae are eating? the nutes they brought with them or the nutes you are providing them?
No algae... peroxide and the tank goes in 6 days and gets cleaned and changed. It's about 20c which I think is about 68. They seem ok.
nice plants you got but rot will kill those just as fast as not nice plants.
