Slight changes are my biggest advice. Want to water change? To a 10-20% max. Want to increase the light? Go slowly, increasing 30 minutes every week. Want to put fertilizer? Go easy, better to use a tiny bit then trying to compensate everything at once.
That is a great question and there are a lot of theories about it. Personally I prefer low to mid flow. When I have tried high flow I get the dreaded black beard algae and indeed in the tetra community shown in the video there is BBA on the filter outflow but nowhere else which makes me think there is a link. The other thing is in planted tanks we tend to have smaller fish that won't appreciate high flow so there is that too. I think high flow tends to be associated with high tech tanks more as it does help circulate oxygen and co2 around. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer per se but I certainly have seen BBA in high flow areas more.
@AH-Aquatics great I've been worried this new heavily planted tank is blocking the flow , both hob and sponge filter but water is very calm 🤔 I'm still a few weeks away from adding fish I'll monitor the situation Thanks again 🙏🌈💚🦐🏴
@@ProdigalAquarist you are absolutely right. 2/4 of my tanks are just kit lights, the other 2, one is a budget unit off amazon and on the 27 gallon its a bit more expensive but still under £80 $100
Slight changes are my biggest advice.
Want to water change? To a 10-20% max.
Want to increase the light? Go slowly, increasing 30 minutes every week.
Want to put fertilizer? Go easy, better to use a tiny bit then trying to compensate everything at once.
Thank you for the comment, you are absolutely right smaller adjustments are the way to go.
What are your background plants? Great looking tank by the way.
@@stevensanders7262 Thank you for your comment. I have Vallisneria, Ludwigia mini super red and Cryptocoryne Balansae in the back on this tank.
I can never seem to get jungle value to grow in my low light aquarium
Happy New Year Adam, great video tons of valuable information.
Happy New Year and thank you for your lovely comment :)
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I found 6 hours is my sweet spot too for my low tech tanks! Also floating plants make a huge difference with reducing algae growth.
Thats brilliant. Yes I use floating plants too although they do annoy me sometimes so I move them around a lot!
Yes, floating plants help very much with algae!
Great video as per usual , what's your thoughts on flow rate from filters in the planted aquarium ???
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That is a great question and there are a lot of theories about it. Personally I prefer low to mid flow. When I have tried high flow I get the dreaded black beard algae and indeed in the tetra community shown in the video there is BBA on the filter outflow but nowhere else which makes me think there is a link. The other thing is in planted tanks we tend to have smaller fish that won't appreciate high flow so there is that too. I think high flow tends to be associated with high tech tanks more as it does help circulate oxygen and co2 around. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer per se but I certainly have seen BBA in high flow areas more.
@AH-Aquatics great I've been worried this new heavily planted tank is blocking the flow , both hob and sponge filter but water is very calm 🤔
I'm still a few weeks away from adding fish I'll monitor the situation
Thanks again
🙏🌈💚🦐🏴
Circulation is always better than flow, so long as detritus isnt collecting in just one spot I would say you are good.
I think most folk are being hoodwinked into spending far too much on lighting for planted tanks. By manufacturers and RUclipsrs alike.
@@ProdigalAquarist you are absolutely right. 2/4 of my tanks are just kit lights, the other 2, one is a budget unit off amazon and on the 27 gallon its a bit more expensive but still under £80 $100