30 Gallon indoor system under vipar LED's

[alex281]

Hey guys! so i lost my previous journal from the recent hacking. But no worries, i saved all the pictures!

[alex281]

More pics!

[alex281]

Pics are as of today 9/27/2012

[alex281]

So i havent updated in a while, but I finally decided to take some pics. The habaneros are growing like mad(a long with everything else.) I'm planning on doing a lot of trimming in the near future( as soon as i stop getting fruit) as i don't want to raise the lights any higher.

I haven't really bothered with testing the levels in a long time, but have been checking the ph with a pen and having a tough time keeping it above 7. I've been adding A LOT of calcium hydroxide but the ph always seems to drop after a couple days right back down to 6.3-6.5.

[Deadeye]

those look great;; i hope i can do as well. how many fish do u have in the system? ive had the 2 gold fish for a week now and the amonnia is only at 25ppp so far.. I was woundering .. my ph is at 8.2. any ideas on bringing it down?

[bsfman]

those look great;; i hope i can do as well. how many fish do u have in the system? ive had the 2 gold fish for a week now and the amonnia is only at 25ppp so far.. I was woundering .. my ph is at 8.2. any ideas on bringing it down?

Your pH will begin to slowly drop after your system cycles. That will probably take 3 or 4 weeks until that starts to become evident If I were you, I wouldn't mess with trying to adjust it now. A pH of 8.2 is actually good for establishing the nitrifying bacteria in the cycling process.

[urbanfarmer]

I'm glad you're still with us!

[alex281]

those look great;; i hope i can do as well. how many fish do u have in the system? ive had the 2 gold fish for a week now and the amonnia is only at 25ppp so far.. I was woundering .. my ph is at 8.2. any ideas on bringing it down?

i have 9 regular goldfish 2 fancy, 2 koi, a pleco, and 2 loaches. I too had a ph situation when i first started the system and the only thing that brought it down was time.

I'm glad you're still with us!

Thank you!

[Deadeye]

ahh,, thank you for the info BSF.

[alex281]

Hey all, Thought i'd throw up some pics of the system!