ADA Farm

Timeline:

• 04/07/13 - Set up day
• 04/09/13 - 30%-50%WC*
• 04/10/13 - 30%-50%WC*
• 04/12/13 - 30%-50%WC*
• 04/14/13 - 30%-50%WC*

*WC are performed with RO water and Seachem Equilibrium

List of included plants at this point

• Hygrophila pinnatifida
• Ludwigia arcuata
• Bacopa caroliniana
• Hygrophila corymbosa 'kompakt'
• Rotala rotundifolia
• Anubias barteri
• Pistia stratiotes

WC today ~40%

Still on a weekly 30% water change schedule.

I've been dosing once a week after the change.
I add the following.

• 3mL of CSM+B solution, which is a 1g/mL solution.
• 5mL of Macros (1 molar solution of KNO3, .06 molar solution KH2PO4) (e.g. 100g of KNO3 and 8g KH2PO4 mixed into 1L H2O)

I also added a few more species of plants on 5/8/13

• Limnophila aromatica
• Hyptis lorentziana
• Hygrophila brown/thai
• Hemianthus callitrichoides
• Alternanthera reineckii 'ocipus'
• Rotala singapore
• Lilaeopsis 'mini'

On 5/18 I added the following fauna

• 5 x Otocinclus
• ~8 x Red Sakura Shrimp, Neocaridina Heteropoda

The ADA schedule Yo-han provided(not listed in thread) is a good starting point for maintenance and dosing guidelines. Its hard to come by all the ADA products in the schedule, so I used their dosing schedule as a guide for similar compounds that are more readily available near me. Please keep in mind, I am guessing that all ADA molar concentrations are quite low and have been dosing very minimal amounts into the water column. I am really trying to keep the algae down to a minimum and not have to dose every day.

I noticed about half my sakura shrimp have died. I wonder what is killing them. ?

The Oto. cats seem fine. Plants all appear healthy too.

I added a few more plants today.

1. 3 X Hygrophila Pinitifida,
2. 2 X Ludwigia aromatica,
3. 2 X Ludwigia cuba
4. 20+ nodes of Hydrocotyle japan
5. one is unknow one