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Permalink Reply by Peter on August 31, 2012 at 10:58pm

We need more info to help you out. What type o lights do u have on your tank?t12,t8,t5,t5ho? How many plants do you have in your tank? Is it a dirted tank or are you dosing ferts? After u answered most o that we can help you out a bit better.

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Permalink Reply by Peter on August 31, 2012 at 11:00pm

I forgot to also ask how many fish your tank has as well

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Permalink Reply by Philip on September 14, 2012 at 7:24pm

I have a t8 Aqueon FloraMax bulb.  I'm not using dirt, but I will soon and yes, I am using ferts Plant food, liquid CO2, and SeaChem root tabs.  I have 5 platies, 3 guppies, one cory cat had three, but two died and they died from dropsy, and one female betta.  I know its over stocked, but I do weekly water changes and the Ammonia level is 0 ppm and the fish are very healthy.

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Permalink Reply by Philip on September 14, 2012 at 7:28pm

OH its fully planted I have Water Wisteria, Amazon Swords, Cryps, and Anubias.

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Permalink Reply by Peter on September 14, 2012 at 11:59pm

From what u said u can run ur lights 6- 9 hrs maybe even push 10 hrs but try the low end of that like only 7 hrs and see how it goes if ur tank is ok after a week of that ( no algae what so ever) u can add another hour to te time. The main point is paying attention to ur tank if ur having some algae growth lower the time te lights are on and it's basically trial and error till u get a good balance of light

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Permalink Reply by Philip on September 15, 2012 at 2:05pm

Sounds good.  Thx for the help.

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