Additive Question

[SDFISHMAN]

I have a 40G uniaquarium. Heres what I have in the tank.. Glossostigma as the carpet plant, Giant Hairgrass in the back right, theres blyxa japonica to the front right combined with some Saggittaria. You have a big ball of Riccia. Rotala Indica, Rotala Macandra are in the back center, left and some on the rear right. My DIY co2 just started working yesterday but i started adding 3ml's of Seachem Florish a couple days ago. I also have KNO3/KH2PO4/Plantex CSM+B. How much should I add and what type of schedule should i keep up? I'm going to test the water today. What should I test for??

[Haeun]

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_p...osage_calc.htm

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_aquacalc.htm

Remember, do not dose the macro ferts on the same day as the micro ferts. And by that, don't dose the Plantex CSM+B with other ferts (on the same day).

[Dakota]

I was thinking of gong to macro ferts..... but my plants are already growing like crazy!!

[Haeun]

How much light do you have? If your plants are not under high lights, they may not necessarily need dosing.

HOWEVER, that said, not dosing [i]can[/u] cause algae problem, due to imbalance of nutrients. (Please look up Tom Barr's theory on this topic.)

Instead of Plantex CSM+B, I use Flourish (not excel). When my DIY co2 goes bust, I just dose Flourish Excel until I get around to filling to up again. Instead of dosing KNO3/KH2PO4/etc, I use ADA Step 2. There are easier ways to dose. But I guess it also helped that I used the ADA aquasoil.



Edit:
For all of you who are interested in a "sample dosing chart", here you go:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/wa...-regimes_.html