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Ferts (question regarding usage)

Discussion in 'Aquatic Plants & Planted Tanks' started by Leslie, Feb 27, 2009.

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  1. Leslie

    Leslie Thread Starter New Member

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    Ferts (question regarding usage)

    i am thinking about using a little fertelizer in my tank for my plants. is there any special way to do it,or anything?
     
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    What type of fert... you have wet fert and dry fert...

    Wet Fert - Flourish (liquid, you just pour it in the tank per dosing instructions)

    Dry Fert - Root Tabs... place it under the gravel near rooted plants (should only need 1 or 2 for that 5 gallon, I used 10 in my 125)
     
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    it is liquid. not sure the name. this women gave it to me when i got some plants. so i dont know.
     
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    Nothing special about using it... follow the dosing directions on the bottle....

    It wont fertilize any of your rooted plants but it will fertilize like the Java Moss and any stem plants
     
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    no bottle.
     
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    This is the directions for Sechem Flourish

    I dont know if it is that though :confused: Could be used as a guide
     
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    I recently switched from Flourish to dry ferts. Actually a huge difference.
     
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    do i have to do a water change and do it weekly?
     
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    I prefer the dry ferts myself.... BUT almost all of my plants are rooted plants
     
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    You should already be doing weekly water changes.
     
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    WCs are standard with or without ferts. When dosing with just Fluorish, it is not as important as using dry ferts. You can quickly accumilate an excess of minerals which would be bad. But if you are already doing 25% weekly....all is good.
     
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    i am i ment do i do a water change first the the ferts. and do i do the ferts weekly or what?
     
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    Yes... that is the norm for water changes! BUT if you do it every two weeks (shame on you) you add more when you change the water....

    You do not have to do a huge water change to start off though! It means if you do a large waterchange treat as if for the first time...
     
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    How often you use them is depends on what you're actually using.

    With my liquid fertilizer I'm dosing my tank twice a week, sometimes 3. Don't dose the tank then do a water change, that will defeat the purpose of adding it in the first place.
     
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    This will really depend on what kind you have. Might be hard telling not knowing. Normally you would do your wc and then dose fluorish 2x or 3x weekly.

    With the dry you dose daily. Do a wc at the end of the week and start over again.

    The other thing to keep in mind too will be your lighting and Co2. When using ferts, you have to find that balance so algae doesn't grab hold.
     
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    i have no co2. if i start using ferts i will get alge bad?
     
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    this for ur 5g? what's the lighting on it now?
     
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    Not necessarily

    Usually the ferts help provide micro nutrients to the plants... the plants grow better and out-compete the algae
     
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    where does it tell the size light?
     
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    It will be on the bulb. You have two plants that require higher light (stargrass and rotala wallichii).
     
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