Thread: Dosing?
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Old 30-06-2003, 07:32 AM
Poe Lim
 
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Default Dosing?


"LeighMo" wrote in message
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I have been keeping 75g planted tank for 6 months. I read alot of info
on the net but no one really has the same opinion about DOSING. Can
someone reveal the secret. I have 4wpg. I use co2(2bubbles per sec). I
use Leaf Zone 0-0-3 liquid fert.(1 capful per day). Plants are growing
but some leaves are yellowish and the red ones are pale.


If money is an issue, read up on PMDD. (Mix your own fertilizer.)

Otherwise,
you might give the Seachem line a try. You'll probably need Flourish,

Flourish
Iron, and Flourish Potassium. Flourish tabs for root feeders, if you have

root
feeding plants. And possibly Flourish Nitrogen and Flourish Phophorus,

too.

Another possibility is Tropica Mastergrow. It's fairly complete, but it
doesn't have nitrate or phosphate, so if you need those, you'll have to

add
them separately. (You might want to get a nitrate test kit to help you

with
the dosing.)


Very much from personal observation only, but I find that Aqualine Ferreal
seems to give me better growth and more O2 bubbles than Fluorish & Fluorish
Fe (using recommended dosages of each). In my Goldfish tank, the nitrate was
also much lower (which makes me believe the balance of nutrients is better),
and plants have gone wild! Has anyone else given it a go?

Cheers,
Poe