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O.K. I'll come clean- I don't know what I am doing .. First the background.. Several months ago I decided that i would like to have a planted aquarium accented with a few fish although i haven't decided on the livestock yet. So starting with a 55 gallon tank and then in the following months equipped it with T5 lighting,3x54 Watt,fixture,expensive planted substrate,about 60# along with about 25# of clean pea gravel.. So far so good..a 300 W heater was added. My plan was to get some aquadic plants growing for a month or so before adding any fish.. So down to a local aquarium supply store was next. Came home with a whack of plants,thinking it would be best to plant everything at one time. While happily planting i realized that I had no idea of what I was planting since there was no plant tags even suggesting the common names..now when you buy a seed packet you expect to see some information on the plant,growing hints etc Probably my error in not insisting some plant tags but wonder if there are any standards of labelling in the industry? Then,with a flick on the switch the growing was to begin, or at least I though so. After a few days of 12 hour blazing light my plants began to lose color and wilt. I was starting to skim floating leaves from the top.. I experimented in setting up a DIY Co2 system but that didn't work for me and thought I better get a pressurized system if anything was going to work at all. To that end I am looking at a system that should be in line with my budget. Its the Milwaukee dual gauge with needle valve and selenoid from J&L Aquadics in Burnaby. Not sure if i would also need a disfuser? I will get the vessel locally and should everything together in a week. So my impending questions now are- I cut the lights back to a few hours a day in the hope of maintaining some life in the plant roots so a restart may be possible.WillI introducing some emergency liquid form of CO2 be any help right now? My choice of this CO2 system..is it adequate? Are there any flies in the ointment that I haven't considered? Bear in mind I'm 71,new to aquadics and huffing and puffing up this steep learning curve.. But also i enjoy life and a dry sense of humor.. think that comes out.. Anyway look forward to your comments & suggestions. I could cry but then its nearly 4;20. -ham-
