Caliban07
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Root tabs or liquid ferts?
Pros and cons
Thanks
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Pros and cons
Thanks
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Root tabs or liquid ferts?
Pros and cons
Thanks
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What causes light brown spots on leaves. I know it's a deficiency but of what. Haven't been very diligent with fert dosing as of late. The spots are on the water wisteria.
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Hello Cal...
If you stick with the dark green plants that don't require planting, you won't need to use commercial fertilizers at all. I've kept species of Anubias, Java fern, Banana plants, mosses and a few kinds of floating plants like Hornwort, Pond weed and Pennywort. These don't require added fertilizers. If you avoid commercial ferts, you never need to be concerned with overdosing chemicals and fouling the tank water.
Stock the tank well with compatible fish and feed them a varied diet. The dissolved fish waste and frequent water changes will supply all the ferts the plants need. Attached is a pic of such a tank.
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What causes light brown spots on leaves. I know it's a deficiency but of what. Haven't been very diligent with fert dosing as of late. The spots are on the water wisteria.
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Hello Cal...
If you stick with the dark green plants that don't require planting, you won't need to use commercial fertilizers at all. I've kept species of Anubias, Java fern, Banana plants, mosses and a few kinds of floating plants like Hornwort, Pond weed and Pennywort. These don't require added fertilizers. If you avoid commercial ferts, you never need to be concerned with overdosing chemicals and fouling the tank water.
Stock the tank well with compatible fish and feed them a varied diet. The dissolved fish waste and frequent water changes will supply all the ferts the plants need. Attached is a pic of such a tank.
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Hmmmm I'm never concerned with overdosing Ferts, and they've NEVER fouled my water. Most newbies are eager to see plant growth. Ferts help with that , plus healthy plants help fight algae.
I know your method works for you, but since I learned from Tom Barr and other experts in my club and my tanks are awesome to me, I'll stick with what works for most people.
Ferts aren't unnatural "chemicals" they are the same components the plants use in nature. Just packaged in an easy form.
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+1!!!
Im of the same opinion.
Not a follower of the 'dont dose ferts', 'fish provide enough' way of thinking. I know for my light level this advice would lead to an algae farm and a lot of ruined plants
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Definitely not diatoms. I'll get a pic View attachment 253131
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What are you dosing currently?
I dose this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/1813...3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108
Micronutrients not the weekly one though the blue bottle. But I don't like to put too much in as that tank does grow algae too.
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Its a myth that excess nutrients cause algae
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The extra nutrients will not also benefit algae?
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