Raied's 20 gallon nano :D

mrhasan · #1 01-10-2013, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Xadieu

How are you able to achieve such low nutrient levels using standard tap water Raied? Chaeto helps but it doesn't wipe nutrient from your tank.

I wouldn't say its low nutrient system but it remains under 5ppm. My whole system is somehow very well balanced; problem arises when I try to disturb something like sandbed and I get nitrate spike.

I should say I am really lucky with the tap water. I never had any algae outbreak using tap water (other than diatom) or any problem with it. Even dKh remains 9 to 10.

molotov · #2 01-10-2013, 03:32 AM

Tap water? Are you kidding me? You've never told me this! I've been fighting algae since day one and I use ro/di. It's on now buddy!

mrhasan · #3 01-10-2013, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by molotov

Tap water? Are you kidding me? You've never told me this! I've been fighting algae since day one and I use ro/di. It's on now buddy!

I am not saying that using tap water is right....I am just saying I use it myself and have never had any problem :P

Xadieu · #4 01-10-2013, 04:38 AM

My thoughts exactly Mark. It's on like Donkey Kong

kien · #5 01-10-2013, 04:42 AM

looking good man! By the way, one of the tanks of the month last year used tap water for a long time. Looked great as evidenced by his TOTM acclaim :-) He did eventually switch to using RO/DI but I'm not sure why as his tank did fine with tap water.

mrhasan · #6 01-10-2013, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

looking good man! By the way, one of the tanks of the month last year used tap water for a long time. Looked great as evidenced by his TOTM acclaim :-) He did eventually switch to using RO/DI but I'm not sure why as his tank did fine with tap water.

Thanks Kien

Atleast I know I won't be going to RO/DI as long as I am in Calgary or something makes me do it.

Like always, don't try to repair something if its not broken :P

kien · #7 01-10-2013, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mrhasan

Like always, don't try to repair something if its not broken :P

Exactly :-) If it's working for you, keep on keepin' on :-)

mrhasan · #8 01-13-2013, 05:25 AM

So got my new lights running. I am running 2 blue+, 1 purple+ and 1 KZ coral light. The color this combination is popping is just too good! I never saw colors like that in my tank :P

Anyway, here are some pics (with my new camera, Canon SX160 IS):