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Old 17-07-2003, 09:46 PM
LeighMo
 
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Default Fertilizing question

For lighting I have two power compact strips.

How much light, in total? If it's two 55W bulbs, then you should be injecting
CO2. Though with that pH, it will be tricky.

I have noticed that some
tend to grow ike weeds (Rotala indica for example) while others are barely
holding on (Amazon swords, and anubias).


The amazon swords may do better with root tabs. Anubias...a lot of people have
trouble keeping them in high-light tanks. They don't compete well against
faster-growing plants.

I have been using one of those
commercial "aquarium plant supplements" one adds to the water.


Which one?

Is root feeding better and, if so, what do you use? Would Jobe's
plant spikes work or are they full of phosphate?


I use Flourish tabs and Jobe's. Jobe's *are* full of phosphate, but in a
high-light tank, you may need to add phosphate.

First off, though, is CO2. All the fertilizer in the world won't make up for
not enough CO2.


Leigh

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