jcarlilesiu
Aquarium Advice Addict
ok.. so im on the train this morning going to work and I think; "i don't always know what fert im missing because of lack of reliable test kits". The reason why this came into my head, is because I have some species of plants that growing uncontrollably, and very healthy, while others just sit there.
So I was thinking, is there any documentation out there that would tell me that my Vals are doing great because they don't necessarily need a certain macro or micro that say my dwarf sag does? If we were able to create some kind of chart that showed the different species, and their demand for particular ferts, then you would be able to decipher what you are lacking not based on unreliable test kits. Like potassium, iron, magnisium... so on and so forth. Does anybody think that would work. I realize that it would be a tremendous amount of work, and I don't even know if the plant demands on ferts is even documented anywhere, but just a thought.
p.s. I started with one jungle val plant which has turned into 8 seperate plants (from shoots) and now each of those are now shooting too. This plant is very happy while my dwarf sag just sits there getting BBA specs on it. Along with my other swords that aren't really growing all that well. Just an idea, comment if you want.
So I was thinking, is there any documentation out there that would tell me that my Vals are doing great because they don't necessarily need a certain macro or micro that say my dwarf sag does? If we were able to create some kind of chart that showed the different species, and their demand for particular ferts, then you would be able to decipher what you are lacking not based on unreliable test kits. Like potassium, iron, magnisium... so on and so forth. Does anybody think that would work. I realize that it would be a tremendous amount of work, and I don't even know if the plant demands on ferts is even documented anywhere, but just a thought.
p.s. I started with one jungle val plant which has turned into 8 seperate plants (from shoots) and now each of those are now shooting too. This plant is very happy while my dwarf sag just sits there getting BBA specs on it. Along with my other swords that aren't really growing all that well. Just an idea, comment if you want.