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DIY Aquarium CO2 Reactor
What you will need: An empty 2 liter plastic soda bottle, sugar, yeast (bakers yeast), luke warm water, air line tubing, silicon sealer, airstone, funnel, drill. DrillDrill a hole into the cap of the soda bottle to fit the tubing (keep it on the small ...
Fertilizing Aquarium Plants
Next to a suitable substrate, light, CO2 and pH are far more important than any fertilizer.Light is needed for plants to produce energy by photosynthesis while CO2 helps plants utilize the minerals required.Plants will not be able to utilize nutrients, mi ...
Lighting for the Aquarium
General Facts | Incandescent/Halogen | Fluorescent | Halide The correct aquarium lighting depends on the individual set-up and the light requirements of the tanks inhabitants.Lighting influences the growth of your plants, corals, and invertebrates as wel ...
Plant Essentials for Aquariums
Substrate | Light | CO2 | Nutrients Other Things You Should Know |Summary There isn't much to planting an aquarium. Keeping the plants healthy and alive should be just as easy.Focusing on a few basic requirements and a general understanding of the plant ...
Plant Health Guide
Mineral deficiencies can be detected by observing the plants and their symptoms.Magnesium, nitrogen, phosphate, potassium for example are mobile nutrients and calcium, iron are immobile.Mobile nutrients can be moved within the plant to avoid a shortage wh ...
Planted Aquariums and the Challenges
Keeping a planted tank can be as easy as keeping a fish only aquarium. Photosynthesis results in the conversion of carbon dioxide gas into oxygen and carbon. Oxygen is important for fish and carbon acts as a plant fertilizer.Needless to say the lighting a ...
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