Root Tabs

[harryggumb]

My amazon swords haven't really been showing much sign of growth at all. I have them planted in eco complete but should i really have root tabs as well? i thought the eco complete would be enough but it doesn't seem like its done much of anything

 

[Mattfinn]

Eventually eco-complete and other substrate soils run out of nutrients available. At this time you generally have to supply fertilizers of some sort to the tank.

What are your lights?
What is the photoperiod?
These answers will also help us establish why you don't have very good growth.


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[ImACoolguy]

Eco complete absorbs the nutrients that YOU provide. In essence, you add a root tab and it helps hold in the nutrients for the plant to feed on longer.

I run my Amazon sword with root tabs and Eco complete.




Caleb

 

[harryggumb]

Eventually eco-complete and other substrate soils run out of nutrients available. At this time you generally have to supply fertilizers of some sort to the tank.

What are your lights?
What is the photoperiod?
These answers will also help us establish why you don't have very good growth.


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I'm running a 17 watt T8 light for my 30g for about 12 hours a day

 

[harryggumb]

Eco complete absorbs the nutrients that YOU provide. In essence, you add a root tab and it helps hold in the nutrients for the plant to feed on longer.

I run my Amazon sword with root tabs and Eco complete.




Caleb

Good to know. I wasn't sure if Eco complete already came with the nutrients needed. I also wasn't sure if they were just suffering from melting. I'll look into root tabs. Do you recommend a specific kind?

 

[ImACoolguy]

Good to know. I wasn't sure if Eco complete already came with the nutrients needed. I also wasn't sure if they were just suffering from melting. I'll look into root tabs. Do you recommend a specific kind?

Seachem root tabs are good I used them for a while.

I'm experimenting with Mebbids DIY root tabs now. There's a thread on here all about them if you search for it


Caleb

 

[Mebbid]

I actually hated the seachem root tabs They just didnt give me hardly any growth.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/mebbids-diy-root-tabs-308735.html

 

[tiger terror]

Good to know. I wasn't sure if Eco complete already came with the nutrients needed. I also wasn't sure if they were just suffering from melting. I'll look into root tabs. Do you recommend a specific kind?

Check out Peabody's Paradise,they have excellent root tabs on the cheap! Those are the only tabs I use now(reccomended by Brookster)..

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[harryggumb]

Thanks for the help guys I was wondering why I wasn't getting any growth -_- at first I just thought it was melting because the plants are not even 2 weeks in the tank

 

[unstopaBULLFish]

Same I was getting 4-5 leaves to my ludwigia a week now so it's defintely getting better but my sword is still tattered and slowly healing. I've heard good reviews about mebbids root tabs. Will try to make some. Btw is ludwigia a root feeder like swords or mainly a leaf feeder like anubias?


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[Mebbid]

Same I was getting 4-5 leaves to my ludwigia a week now so it's defintely getting better but my sword is still tattered and slowly healing. I've heard good reviews about mebbids root tabs. Will try to make some. Btw is ludwigia a root feeder like swords or mainly a leaf feeder like anubias?


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Ludwigia is a water column feeder