The Plant Tank

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Trying out the UV sterilizer so far

  • pH: 6.7
  • Temp: 78
  • KH: 5.5
  • GH: 6
  • NH4:
  • NO2:
  • NO3: 10-20
  • PO4: 0.35
  • Iron:
  • Dosing: 10 mL Flourish, 1 ppm iron chelate, 1.25 ppm KNO3, 1.4 ppm KH2PO4
  • NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio: 16.25:2.6 = 6.25

Notes:
There has been a slight almost bluish haze since the water change and addition of the UV sterilizer yesterday. I switched off the UV sterilizer today, and within a couple hours, the bluish haze cleared away. Perhaps the haze is from dead/dying free floating algae, or perhaps something is being oxidized and precipitating out, I don't know. Perhaps there is even some reaction with the Melafix. The instructions for Melafix recommend that the UV sterilizer not be run when using the Melafix.

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