JustOneMore20
Algae Fighter
I have a question about using fertilizers in two of my tanks. Neither of them are high light tanks. One may have DIY CO2 soon.
My 55g tank is medium light, 2.4wpg, no CO2. It is light-moderately planted with:
java fern
anubias nana
e. tennellus
rotala rotundifolia
bacopa caroliniana
ambulia
tiger lotus
myriophyllum
crypt wendtii red and green
crypt lutea
crypt retrospiralis
The ferts I use are:
flourish potassium
tropica master grow
flourish iron
flourish excel
flourish nitrogen (not dosing in the 55g)
~I have a high fish load...pretty much at the stocking max. My nitrates are about 15ppm before a water change.
~I try to dose once a week as much as the bottle recommends.
~Should I dose more than once a week? How often? Is using the recommended dose good enough?
My 29g is heavily planted with about 2.2wpg. The plants do much better, even with slightly less light. I hope to add DIY CO2 (Red Sea turbo system) to this tank soon.
~Should I dose more than once a week on this tank? I do add the nitrogen.
The plants are:
taiwon moss
rotala rotundifolia
stargrass
ludwigia repens
alternantha reinekii (sp?)
bacopa caroliniana
e. tennellus
ambulia
crypt wendtii and lutea
*Help me do this right!*
My 55g tank is medium light, 2.4wpg, no CO2. It is light-moderately planted with:
java fern
anubias nana
e. tennellus
rotala rotundifolia
bacopa caroliniana
ambulia
tiger lotus
myriophyllum
crypt wendtii red and green
crypt lutea
crypt retrospiralis
The ferts I use are:
flourish potassium
tropica master grow
flourish iron
flourish excel
flourish nitrogen (not dosing in the 55g)
~I have a high fish load...pretty much at the stocking max. My nitrates are about 15ppm before a water change.
~I try to dose once a week as much as the bottle recommends.
~Should I dose more than once a week? How often? Is using the recommended dose good enough?
My 29g is heavily planted with about 2.2wpg. The plants do much better, even with slightly less light. I hope to add DIY CO2 (Red Sea turbo system) to this tank soon.
~Should I dose more than once a week on this tank? I do add the nitrogen.
The plants are:
taiwon moss
rotala rotundifolia
stargrass
ludwigia repens
alternantha reinekii (sp?)
bacopa caroliniana
e. tennellus
ambulia
crypt wendtii and lutea
*Help me do this right!*