I changed the fert routine.... I wanted to automate it just a bit... so I got a peristaltic pump from Aquamedic and ran it off a timer (2 minutes every day) to dose 60ml of Sera Florena..... The phosphates are coming from the fish food dosed by an Eheim auto feeder and the nitrates are coming from another Eheim auto feeder dosing Ammonium Nitrate.... I have been tweaking it as best I can, and now the levels are well balanced according to water tests and by the plant growth (using 2.5g of ammonium nitrate daily, and the levels are hovering around 10ppm nitrate)
I picked up an in-line CO2 reactor, and added that to the outlet of my filter.... got it working perfectly now..... so now it is time to sit back and enjoy the tank a bit....
Here are some pics of the new additions.....
Fert bottle with suction hose inserted:
Peristaltic Pump:
Fert injected directly into the outlet in the tank:
16mm UP Aqua in-line Reactor on Eheim 2180 outlet hose:
fine mist of CO2 (I increased the CO2 flow to show the bubble size):