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Took a big chunk of mass out!
Journal Attempting a True Dutch
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Yes, lol! I’m hoping it won’t be quite as overgrown when I come back.
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Correction: In post 72 I reported 90 ppm CO2 using the Hanna CO2 checker kit, but on finding out today from @Naturescapes_Rocco that it would have been impossible and still have live fish, I retested. This time I got 40-50 ppm , which I’m sure is much closer to the truth. Maybe I’m still getting a reading that’s a bit higher than actual, I don’t know. At any rate, the fish are just fine and I don’t intend to change anything. I’m just glad to understand it a bit better.
OmidNiav
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I used the Taiwan lily as a curtain in my first Dutch and liked it a lot.
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I keep moving it around, lol! This gives me light green in both back corners though, which seems to be a big deal. It looks like the curtains have a little more leeway.
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She’s doing quite well, considering hip replacement surgery. She can’t drive yet though and the stairs are difficult. My sister and I are coordinating schedules to take care of her. Thanks!Hope your mom's doing all right!
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I had to stay a little longer than I had expected, and the CO2 ran out before I got back. Then it took me a couple of days to get it and get the tank in order. I still don’t think it turned out too badly, although I have Cyanobacteria growing on the substrate. I trimmed, cleaned, and treated with Blue-Green Slime Remover. I still have a little cyano showing here and there, but it’s much improved. I also traded out the left curtain plant (yes, again), so now I have a Crypt balansae there. The Platinum Glossostigma tissue culture has almost entirely disappeared. I’ll have to come up with something else. I’m sure too much substrate is showing.
I’ve been playing with phone camera settings, and I found that lowering the exposure by 30-50 and raising the saturation by 10 makes it look MUCH more like what I see in person. I hope that’s not considered cheating, lol!
Before shot:
After trimming:
Thanks for reading!
Edit: My husband clomped through the room and startled the fish, lol! Here’s a rare picture of them in a tight school.
I’ve been playing with phone camera settings, and I found that lowering the exposure by 30-50 and raising the saturation by 10 makes it look MUCH more like what I see in person. I hope that’s not considered cheating, lol!
Before shot:
After trimming:
Thanks for reading!
Edit: My husband clomped through the room and startled the fish, lol! Here’s a rare picture of them in a tight school.
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