How to Balance a Planted Tank | Step-by-Step Guide
I finally balanced my tank! Learn about the detailed steps I took to grow plants & defeat algae.
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🛒 MATERIALS I USED
▶ Fluval 3.0 Plant Spectrum LED:
▶ Eco-Complete substrate:
▶ Easy Green liquid fertilizer:
▶ Easy Root Tabs:
▶ Flourish Advance:
▶ Flourish Potassium:
▶ Flourish Phophorus:
▶ Seachem Equilibrium minerals:
▶ API Freshwater Master Test Kit:
▶ API GH/KH test kit:
▶ API Phosphate test kit:
▶ Salifert Freshwater Potassium test kit:
▶ Fluval Freshwater Calcium test kit:
▶ Nutrafin Iron test kit:
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📚 RESOURCES
▶ Bentley Pascoe’s Fluval 3.0 lighting schedules:
▶ Decreased lighting to combat green hair algae:
▶ Aquarium Co-Op forum:
▶ Balanced Plant Nutrition (with barrel diagram):
▶ Plant nutrient deficiency chart:
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0:00 How to balance a planted aquarium
1:19 Tip: wait 2 weeks between each change
1:44 Balance between light, nutrients, and CO2
2:28 Lever #1: Carbon Dioxide
2:46 Lever #2: Lighting
4:04 Wrong lighting schedule
5:27 Tip: set your light at low levels at first
5:58 Lever #3: Nutrients
7:14 Signs of plant nutrient deficiencies
8:38 Use water test kits for troubleshooting
10:38 Is my tank finally balanced?
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