fertilisation

Hi members, I have a couple of question on dosing. I’m fairly new to the hobby and currently in the process of cycling my first aquarium in a number of years. 1. How long does it take roughly for an aquarium to be fully cycled with regular water changes on a low tech set up? 2. I’m currently...

Hi All! So since dosing EI i have crazy growth, I need to trim my plants almost every week and it is becomming a big annoying. So I was thinking to switch to half ei dosing , will it help to reduce growth speed and could it somehow affect the plants in a bad way? Thank you in advance.

So since joining this forum, I’ve learned and cleared up a lot of info relating to planted tanks. A big one that I like being remineralizing RO water with salts instead of commercial remineralizers . I’ve seen some posts about custom ferts and the whole calculator thing. I’m wondering if...

Hello friends. How to make Micro Element Fertilizer? products i have 1-Manganese sulfate 2-zinc sulfate 3-Boric acid 4-Copper Sulphate 5-Sodium Molybdete 6-EDTA 7-Ascorbic Acid 8-Hydrochloric Acid 9-Potassium Sorbate What I did is as follows, but the plants cannot use it, what is the reason...

I am on the market for liquid fertiliser and was wondering what everyone uses/what everyone thinks is the best. Up until now I have been using API leaf zone, I like the product as it is a weekly dose (which I can easily remember to do when I do a water change) which I prefer over a daily dose...

Hi all, looking for some advice on the best kind of dosing for my tank. I have a 240l, CO2 injection (in line diffusion). I have been dosing with TNC Complete, usually 20ml after a water change (twice weekly), occasionally supplemented with root tabs in clay substrate. Lights are fairly low (the...

Hi guys I thought I’d ask about jbl’s ferropol. Now...regardless of wether or not it’s very good (although I’d love to hear your suggestions, thoughts and advice on a plant fert I can overdose without breaking the bank) I noticed that JBL now do a 625ml weekly fert. Because of the size of my...

Hello friends The% w% rates in Tropica specialized fertilizer (green) fertilizer are as follows. It is given as 5 ml per 50 liters. When I use 5 ml for a 50 lt aquarium, I wonder about the ppm values, not the% values. If there are friends who can help in the calculation and know the ppm...

Do plants prefare amonia, nitraten nitrite or pure nitrogen? EG would the plants benifit more if I used a filter media that turnes nitrates into pure nitrogen that can eb consumed or gassed off?

Hi, So I've been having issues with staghorn aglea and I think it's due to lack of macro nutrients. Can I use flourish NPK with my usual fertilizers to help my plants grow better? Neither my high or low tech are highly stocked

Hello; I want to present my aquarium which was arranged by the way of buying of some new plants. I had to put them to the aquarium without any idea concerning scape and I had collect another plants in the next days and put them also there randomly. In the next days I saw this all together in...

Hi Folks, Haven't been on here for a very long time. I have a 125 litre tropical planted tank with custom LED lighting and CO2 injection. I currently use Seachem Flourish (+ Flourish N + Flourish P, as required) but I sometimes wonder if I should also be using root feeding in the substrate. In...