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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
Algae isn't a problem in my tank. How long would it take to see the effects
of the CO2? Phil... "Alex R" wrote in message news:7fL7c.62837$po.562934@attbi_s52... "Phil Williamson" wrote in message ... Hi all, I have a moderate to heavy planted 20 gal tank and I'm noticing that the plants are growing at a decent rate but they seem to be getting holes in them and rotting. Here's my tank specs: - 15 watt powerglo - 15 watt sunglow - leaf zone plant fert. I got my water tested the other week at my LFS and they seem to be well within normal levels. Do you think my tank would benefit from CO2 via a nutrafin natural plant system? I think CO2 would make a difference, but if you don't have any (filamentous) algae, it's not mandatory at your lighting. What I would suggest is changing your trace supplement to something more complete. Try Seachem Flourish, Kent, or Tropica Mastergrow. The holes in your plants sounds like a lack of potassium, which the Leaf Zone doesn't provide enough of. For that, try the Seachem potassium supplement, or get some dry potassium sulfate, which is more cost-effective. http://www.gregwatson.com/products.asp has it for sale. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
Algae isn't a problem in my tank. How long would it take to see the effects
of the CO2? Phil... "Alex R" wrote in message news:7fL7c.62837$po.562934@attbi_s52... "Phil Williamson" wrote in message ... Hi all, I have a moderate to heavy planted 20 gal tank and I'm noticing that the plants are growing at a decent rate but they seem to be getting holes in them and rotting. Here's my tank specs: - 15 watt powerglo - 15 watt sunglow - leaf zone plant fert. I got my water tested the other week at my LFS and they seem to be well within normal levels. Do you think my tank would benefit from CO2 via a nutrafin natural plant system? I think CO2 would make a difference, but if you don't have any (filamentous) algae, it's not mandatory at your lighting. What I would suggest is changing your trace supplement to something more complete. Try Seachem Flourish, Kent, or Tropica Mastergrow. The holes in your plants sounds like a lack of potassium, which the Leaf Zone doesn't provide enough of. For that, try the Seachem potassium supplement, or get some dry potassium sulfate, which is more cost-effective. http://www.gregwatson.com/products.asp has it for sale. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
KCl can be used a potassium supplement but a lot of people, including
myself, seemed to have trouble keeping shrimp while dosing it. I don't know whether it was the KCl itself or some impurity that came along with it. But if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com "Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message ... If you want a CHEAP source of Pottassium you can get Pottassium Chloride from a product called No-Salt or Nu-Salt straight from your local grocery store! |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
KCl can be used a potassium supplement but a lot of people, including
myself, seemed to have trouble keeping shrimp while dosing it. I don't know whether it was the KCl itself or some impurity that came along with it. But if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com "Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message ... If you want a CHEAP source of Pottassium you can get Pottassium Chloride from a product called No-Salt or Nu-Salt straight from your local grocery store! |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
"Phil Williamson" wrote in message
... Algae isn't a problem in my tank. How long would it take to see the effects of the CO2? Phil... Probably not very long. You might see pearling within a day. If all other nutrients are present, the plants should start growing faster almost immediately. Keep in mind that you might have to dose nitrate in addition to potassium, so test for that. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
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if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com Interesting stuff Alex. My LFS has only recently had shrimp for sale and I've been planning on getting a few. Maybe I should just get one to start with and see how it goes. Do you think its the overdose of chloride that kills them off? Any other posters here have the same experience? I'll be sure to include your advice the next time I suggest KCl. Thanks mate! -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
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if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com Interesting stuff Alex. My LFS has only recently had shrimp for sale and I've been planning on getting a few. Maybe I should just get one to start with and see how it goes. Do you think its the overdose of chloride that kills them off? Any other posters here have the same experience? I'll be sure to include your advice the next time I suggest KCl. Thanks mate! -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** |
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"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
... But if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com Interesting stuff Alex. My LFS has only recently had shrimp for sale and I've been planning on getting a few. Maybe I should just get one to start with and see how it goes. Do you think its the overdose of chloride that kills them off? Any other posters here have the same experience? I'll be sure to include your advice the next time I suggest KCl. Thanks mate! I'm not even 100% sure if the shrimp deaths had anything to do with KCl or if it was just a coincidence. Here's the story. I bought a dozen Amano shrimp about two years ago, but they all died within the first few days, one by one. I thought that maybe it was because I didn't acclimate them long enough before I first introduced them. I then got a half a dozen more, but the same thing happened. So I inquired about it on the APD, and one person responded by saying that he had heard of multiple occasions of shrimp deaths in tanks that had KCl added. I was dosing a lot of KCl at the time. So I stopped adding KCl and got some K2SO4. After 2 or 3 months of not using KCl, I got another 6 Amano shrimp, but 5 died and one survived. This one shrimp lived in my tank for several months, but then it died not too long ago. So I really don't know if it was the absense of KCl that allowed that one shrimp to survive, or if it was some remaining KCl in the water that killed those 5 shrimp. Another possibility is that it may have been some other water condition in my tank that ultimately killed all the shrimp. Still, there are people who both dose KCl and keep shrimp successfully. And I've also been told that there is plenty of chloride in the shrimps' natural brackish environment. So I guess you have to make your own conclusion. I'm leaning toward the KCl being harmful possibility. __ Alex |
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"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
... But if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com Interesting stuff Alex. My LFS has only recently had shrimp for sale and I've been planning on getting a few. Maybe I should just get one to start with and see how it goes. Do you think its the overdose of chloride that kills them off? Any other posters here have the same experience? I'll be sure to include your advice the next time I suggest KCl. Thanks mate! I'm not even 100% sure if the shrimp deaths had anything to do with KCl or if it was just a coincidence. Here's the story. I bought a dozen Amano shrimp about two years ago, but they all died within the first few days, one by one. I thought that maybe it was because I didn't acclimate them long enough before I first introduced them. I then got a half a dozen more, but the same thing happened. So I inquired about it on the APD, and one person responded by saying that he had heard of multiple occasions of shrimp deaths in tanks that had KCl added. I was dosing a lot of KCl at the time. So I stopped adding KCl and got some K2SO4. After 2 or 3 months of not using KCl, I got another 6 Amano shrimp, but 5 died and one survived. This one shrimp lived in my tank for several months, but then it died not too long ago. So I really don't know if it was the absense of KCl that allowed that one shrimp to survive, or if it was some remaining KCl in the water that killed those 5 shrimp. Another possibility is that it may have been some other water condition in my tank that ultimately killed all the shrimp. Still, there are people who both dose KCl and keep shrimp successfully. And I've also been told that there is plenty of chloride in the shrimps' natural brackish environment. So I guess you have to make your own conclusion. I'm leaning toward the KCl being harmful possibility. __ Alex |
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lights, fertilizer, CO2?
"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
... But if it kills shrimp, who knows what other harm it causes. That's why I don't recommend it anymore. If you have a choice, go for K2SO4. __ Alex pcalex (at) hotpop.com Interesting stuff Alex. My LFS has only recently had shrimp for sale and I've been planning on getting a few. Maybe I should just get one to start with and see how it goes. Do you think its the overdose of chloride that kills them off? Any other posters here have the same experience? I'll be sure to include your advice the next time I suggest KCl. Thanks mate! I'm not even 100% sure if the shrimp deaths had anything to do with KCl or if it was just a coincidence. Here's the story. I bought a dozen Amano shrimp about two years ago, but they all died within the first few days, one by one. I thought that maybe it was because I didn't acclimate them long enough before I first introduced them. I then got a half a dozen more, but the same thing happened. So I inquired about it on the APD, and one person responded by saying that he had heard of multiple occasions of shrimp deaths in tanks that had KCl added. I was dosing a lot of KCl at the time. So I stopped adding KCl and got some K2SO4. After 2 or 3 months of not using KCl, I got another 6 Amano shrimp, but 5 died and one survived. This one shrimp lived in my tank for several months, but then it died not too long ago. So I really don't know if it was the absense of KCl that allowed that one shrimp to survive, or if it was some remaining KCl in the water that killed those 5 shrimp. Another possibility is that it may have been some other water condition in my tank that ultimately killed all the shrimp. Still, there are people who both dose KCl and keep shrimp successfully. And I've also been told that there is plenty of chloride in the shrimps' natural brackish environment. So I guess you have to make your own conclusion. I'm leaning toward the KCl being harmful possibility. __ Alex |
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