Do I need ferts?

[Iwagumi_Scaper]

Hi all,

I wasn't sure whether to post this in ferts or substrate lol. It's basically to ask how long the nutrients in a substrate such as ADA Aquasoil will last, and whether or not fert dosing is absolutely essential in a tank containing only Monte Carlo for example.

Many thanks,

Chris

 

[rebel]

Yes start dosing at one month. Potassium especially but best to give everything .

 

[Zeus.]

but best to give everything .

+1

 

[Keith GH]

Chris
All I can add to that is only buy quality ferts otherwise all you are doing is throwing your money away. One brand I never did like "It's as good as and its cheaper" often sold at the LFS

Keith

 

[PARAGUAY]

This is covered in Tim Harrisons tutorial "The Soil Substrate and Dirt Planted Tank" @chris

 

[KeeperOfASilentWorld]

You should start dosing from day 1. Especially the Traces and K. Check ADA's articles on this subject, they explain everything quite thoroughly.

 

[HiNtZ]

Ask yourself this..... "do I need food?"

 

[Iwagumi_Scaper]

I don't know why I didn't get any notifications for this threat but thank you everyone for your responses.

 

[HiNtZ]

I don't know why I didn't get any notifications for this threat but thank you everyone for your responses.

You will only get a notification of reply if they quoted your post. I don't know if there is a way to change that but on more popular threads it could get a bit much with notifications popping off all the time.