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Right, got you! I can only move the light up and down physically so to reduce light intensity means setting it to maximum height on the bracket. There was me worrying the light wasn't bright enough for the high light plants!! I need to remove some of the substrate plants as they have grown...

The light is a dennerle LED 5.0 and so it could be a height issue as it's adjustable up and down... it's not quite at the top of the setting so maybe that's need to be moved upwards . Thanks for hanging in there :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Of course, not forgetting the lighting :-) they are in for 6 hours ATM.. do you think it should be reduced or increased if the fertiliser change doesn't make a different? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fully understand about the doing too much in one go as have the same with my marine tank!! I'll reduce the fertiliser for a week or so and continue to perform weekly 30% changes to keep the minerals together and see what happens? Sound like a plan? The plants are rooted carpeting plants, so I...

So just an update on what I'm doing.. I've reduced the fertiliser to 0.5ml as that's what the instructions say is suitable for a 25ltr tank and performed a large water Change to bring the TDS to 200. Probably think about a couple of changes a week to see if it reduces the algae! As the...

Thanks both, I think perhaps the need for a reduction in the fertiliser and an increase in water changes maybe the better approach to replace the used nutrients from the RO/GH mix. After reading the leaflet that came with the booster, it appears to be as good for plants as it is for shrimp and...

Hi Bryon, Thanks for the information on the silent cycling, and am kind of seeing it from the testing I have done. How do you think i can get the GHA under control other than manually removing with a toothbrush? Is this something that will get better with age, or is this something thats to be...

Hi StevenF, Thank you for your reply. This is the fertiliser that I was recommended on another forum:- https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/all-in-one-macros-micros-fertiliser-aquarium-plants-p299.html I didn't want to use a mix of RO/TAP as my water is rock solid and would deplete the substrate...

Hi All, I have a very small planted 25 litre tank that I started a month to have a go at a planted tank in the view to having some shrimps later on. After a lot of research, I set out and purchased a buffering substrate (Dennerle Scaper's Soil 4L Shrimp & Plants) and some Salty Shrimp GH+ due...