Aquariumplants.com Total Pellet Fertilizer - Review - Aquarium Advice

dinokath · 05-02-2009, 11:42 AM

Hi all,

I am trying something out and wanted to share my journey with anyone interested in following. I recently started this hobby, about a week ago actually. I just planted my tank last Friday, so it has been up a week. When ordering my plants, I was talking the rep from aquariumplants.com and he told me about their pellet ferts. He promised success or my money back. How can you go wrong?! Less work (you dose once per month at the root) and great results. I will give it a shot!

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums...albums538.html

Here's my photo log. I will post regularly and give some close up shots of leaves and growth and will give a 100% objective look at this product.

Here's a link to thier website with the instructions:

AquariumPlants.com's own: SUBSTRATE VITALIZATION SYSTEM

I know there are some very strong feelings out there on liquid/dry ferts! I'm just curious as to how well these will work and this is more for my own info than anything else, but since I am going to be taking the pictures anyway so I can refer back to them at some time in the future, I figured I would share with everyone here too. These pellets will be the only ferts in my tank. Nothing more, nothing less. They will be re-dosed once per month per the instructions. So join me on my journey! Enjoy.

mom2reds · 05-02-2009, 04:19 PM

thanks for posting this i will be following your thread to see how well they work. I was just wondering how long your tank has been set up for and what you were dosing previously?

dinokath · 05-02-2009, 05:06 PM

My tank was a fish only tank until last Friday, April 24, 2009 at around 5pm.

Before I put the pellets in today, May 2, 2009, I dosed as follows for the last six days:

KN03 - 200g in 400ml H20 - 4ml per day (M-Sunday)
K2SO4 - 25g in 250ml H2O - 45ml x2 per week (Tuesday and Saturday)
KH2PO4 - 30g in 250ml H20 - 2ml x 2 per week (M, W, F)
MgSO4+7H2O - 70g in 250ml H2O - 50ml x1 per week (Saturday)
Plantex CSM+B - 10g in 250ml H20 - 8ml x 3 week (T, Th, Sat)

The last dose of dry/liquid ferts was Friday, May 1, 2009 in the morning before leaving work. You can see my setup in my profile so you know what light and all that I am running.

I am brand new to the planted tank end of the hobby. Been keeping a fish only tank for around 30 years or so, since I was like 7 years old, so I am not a noob by any means to the hobby overall.

Enjoy!

The plan is to do weekly water changes/gravel cleanings on Saturday morning to the tune of 25% each week and nothing more. Maybe scrape the glass if needed.

Thanks for following! I am curious how it will do myself. I have all my dry ferts vacuum packaged and in the closet for now but ready to go should they need to be.

The Total Pellet

**jsoong** · 05-02-2009, 11:28 PM

Maybe you can also include a plant list. Plants that take nutrients from the substrate should do well with pellets (or root tabs) in the substrate. But I wonder how the ones that takes in nutrients from the water column will do.

joy13 · 05-02-2009, 11:30 PM

I see the trace and total both have copper in them. I was wondering if they are safe for shrimp.

dinokath · 05-02-2009, 11:38 PM

My plant list is in 'My Tanks' just under my name on the left. Good question in the plants that take in from the leaves. I think Java Fern does it this way and I have one of those in there so we shall see!

Great question on the copper. I will email them and ask. I know they are sensitive to copper.

mgamer20o0 · 05-05-2009, 04:46 AM

the copper tends to be so little that the plants use it up. same with flourish it has copper in it and people use it with shrimp tanks fine.

did they try to sell you their substrate too? lol

dinokath · 05-05-2009, 08:37 AM

Nope, they did not. Thanks for asking though. LOL.

joy13 · 05-05-2009, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgamer20o0

the copper tends to be so little that the plants use it up. same with flourish it has copper in it and people use it with shrimp tanks fine.

did they try to sell you their substrate too? lol

I keep looking at that substrate wondering if it is as good as fluorite.

mgamer20o0 · 05-05-2009, 03:22 PM

dont let them know i told you but its the same thing as sms which costs 10-15 for 50 pounds. i wouldnt say its as good but it works and is cheap if you get it from the right place. people tend to have problems with it since its very light weight.