Lee4004
New Member
Hi Guys,
I’m new to the hobby and trying to soak up all the information needed to make this a successful start but there’s certainly a lot to take in! I’m hoping with the wealth of knowledge on this site you guys could help steer me in the right direction! 😆
I currently have a 190L tank with both plants and fish and I’m at a loss as to what I’m supposed to be feeding my plants in terms of volume and brands as each seem to have wildly different things in them. Currently using JBl Ferropol once a week with Seachem Excel and Propel every other day or so.
So my 1st headache was what brands to use as this is just what the store sold me but it seems to be a bit on the dearer side. Is there a Seachem fertiliser I could use to replace the JBL one? Is there any benefit to sticking with one brand? The Seachem Flourish line confused the hell outta me as there seems to be loads of variants to it.
The 2nd headache I gave myself was when I was trying to read up to answer the above questions. How much of the stuff is the right amount to be adding to my tank for the amount of plants I have? Can the volume and types of ferts and supplements negatively effect my fish in anyway?
I have about 11 plants in there at the moment ( is that enough to even call it a planted tank? 😂) but not sure what the names of them are. Hopefully the attached image of my tank helps identify what’s in there. Oh and I used some sort of fertiliser soil under my substrate (bet the salesman has a whale of time when I entered the store lol).
Sorry for the ramble and thanks in advance for any help and replies! Hope that all made sense!!
Cheers
I’m new to the hobby and trying to soak up all the information needed to make this a successful start but there’s certainly a lot to take in! I’m hoping with the wealth of knowledge on this site you guys could help steer me in the right direction! 😆
I currently have a 190L tank with both plants and fish and I’m at a loss as to what I’m supposed to be feeding my plants in terms of volume and brands as each seem to have wildly different things in them. Currently using JBl Ferropol once a week with Seachem Excel and Propel every other day or so.
So my 1st headache was what brands to use as this is just what the store sold me but it seems to be a bit on the dearer side. Is there a Seachem fertiliser I could use to replace the JBL one? Is there any benefit to sticking with one brand? The Seachem Flourish line confused the hell outta me as there seems to be loads of variants to it.
The 2nd headache I gave myself was when I was trying to read up to answer the above questions. How much of the stuff is the right amount to be adding to my tank for the amount of plants I have? Can the volume and types of ferts and supplements negatively effect my fish in anyway?
I have about 11 plants in there at the moment ( is that enough to even call it a planted tank? 😂) but not sure what the names of them are. Hopefully the attached image of my tank helps identify what’s in there. Oh and I used some sort of fertiliser soil under my substrate (bet the salesman has a whale of time when I entered the store lol).
Sorry for the ramble and thanks in advance for any help and replies! Hope that all made sense!!
Cheers