Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
hey all
I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 01:01:34 +0100, "TwoBells"
wrote: hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page Most tabs I've seen are intended for root growth (high Nitrogen, low everything else? Does that sound right?) and I was never really blown away. Root Tabs are one brand we often carry which are really only good for root growth - sorry I don't recall the manufacturer. Hagen also makes fert "sticks" that you bury in the substrate - they go by the name Nutrafin Max Plant Spikes I believe, and come 6 to a pack. They run around $8CDN. Warning: They contain a pair bit of PO4 and a few people have reported algae breakouts when using them. I bought a couple of loose tabs by the name of Terropur - I don't know who makes them but I'm sure they're European. I want to say Tetra but I can't be certain as I bought mine in bulk. We also just brought in a new brand of tabs whose name eludes me atm. Something like "Plant Tabs" (clever, eh?) and I think they are made by Aquatronics. They have surprisingly high levels of nutrients and are a very small pill. We have them in a box of 50 for around $10CDN. |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
This is not a direct answer to your question but...
I have read people use successfully fertilizer sticks used for potted plants. A quarter of a stick pushed in the substrate between the roots should do it and not raise nitrates or phosphates too much. I have not used them yet as I have made my own substrate the last time I set up an aquarium. I plan to rebuild it however and this time I will use sand only and these sticks. As for the Jum Kelly's piece you have mentioned, where can I read it? Was it posted somewhere? Best regards, Primoz "TwoBells" wrote in message news:ditxc.551$Fo5.288@newsfe3-gui... hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
I have just found Jim Kelly's piece in the archives. For those of you who
have not read it yet but want to, here is the link: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...&th=be87e99f9e d9f5f1&seekm=3g28ui%24ov4%40mark.ucdavis.edu#link1 Primoz "Moses KA" wrote in message ... This is not a direct answer to your question but... I have read people use successfully fertilizer sticks used for potted plants. A quarter of a stick pushed in the substrate between the roots should do it and not raise nitrates or phosphates too much. I have not used them yet as I have made my own substrate the last time I set up an aquarium. I plan to rebuild it however and this time I will use sand only and these sticks. As for the Jum Kelly's piece you have mentioned, where can I read it? Was it posted somewhere? Best regards, Primoz "TwoBells" wrote in message news:ditxc.551$Fo5.288@newsfe3-gui... hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
I can't answer your question, but I am be able to offer you an alternative.
The absolute 'cheapest' set up I had used 4 good full shovels of soil, straight out of the garden (2" in the tank). A few more full shovels of pea gravel/drain rock (the stuff found around household window wells, weeping tiles or under downspouts from the eaves) and finally a bucket of sand from the playground nearby. The soil provided more than enough nutrients for about 1 1/2 years, before I started having to add fertilizer This was back when I was a starving student, and it worked great. *sift and clean the sand and gravel thoroughly first* I should mention that the soil and drain rock did cost me a couple of bucks - I paid for the batteries for the flashlight, that I used while digging in the neighbors yard. ;) TwoBells wrote: hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
"TwoBells" wrote in message news:ditxc.551$Fo5.288@newsfe3-gui... hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page many people use "Jobes" plant tabs usually the one recommended for ferns however I have used others. They do work well on plants like Amazon Swords. One tab should be broken into 3 pieces with one small piece buried deep in the substrate near the roots. A word of caution on all these tabs, keep them below the substrate. Be careful if you are vacuuming not to dislodge them as they normally contain a considerable amount of P04 and you will get an algae bloom. Rick |
Where can I buy some fertilizer tablets in UK?
That link is a older article Primoz.
Check this link out: http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/kelly-intro.html regards Steve Page "Moses KA" wrote in message ... This is not a direct answer to your question but... I have read people use successfully fertilizer sticks used for potted plants. A quarter of a stick pushed in the substrate between the roots should do it and not raise nitrates or phosphates too much. I have not used them yet as I have made my own substrate the last time I set up an aquarium. I plan to rebuild it however and this time I will use sand only and these sticks. As for the Jum Kelly's piece you have mentioned, where can I read it? Was it posted somewhere? Best regards, Primoz "TwoBells" wrote in message news:ditxc.551$Fo5.288@newsfe3-gui... hey all I have read through Jum Kelly's excellant piece titled 'How to Grow Beautiful Aquarium Plants on a Student Budget' and want to get my hands on some fertilizer tabs, does anyone know a UK online shop where I can buy some or even from a garden centre chain perhaps? Also, any brand name recommendations would be welcome. Many thanks in advance Steve Page |
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