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Originally Posted by SovXietday
The lighting thing has me confused. I have two 24" T5HOs that are 24W each + the fairly weak T8 bulb. I've got this figured to not even 2W/G, or is that not really a good way to go about it?
I used Miracle Grow Potting Mix. Has the little white fert balls in it, so I'm pretty sure I do have ferts in the substrate. I worked at Lowes for quite some time and I've never heard of an MG organic potting mix before?
I really want to go with a pressurized CO2 setup now that I've been looking around a lot, I will probably order it next week when I get another paycheck. Hopefully I won't get an outbreak before then.
Thanks again as always, haha.
Jason, thanks dude. Good luck finding your tank!
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you're algae ****ed :p
potting mix is bad, too much ferts. wpg rule is out of the equation any more, we're going with par readings now which some people have done a wondrous job figuring out.
there are some class acts on the plantedtank forum selling co2 regulators, buy one of theirs for under $200. I built a regulator for under 200 by purchasing a dual stage reg on ebay for 35ish and spending another 140ish on parts from someone on the forum. but it would probably cost the same to get one completely prebuilt from them.
first thing i would do though is get that potting mix out of there. If you're near feasterville i can hook you up with some of my mineralized top soil.