Plant Food

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paul_southend2k
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Plant Food

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I know this is supposed to be regarding Catfish but I am sure some of you have plants in your tanks. Has anyone got any tips on the best plant food to use?

I am currently using weekly - ESHa Products Pro-Phyll Tonicum and Crypto-Plus, and then adding Leaf Zone which is Iron and Potassium.

Any other complete plant foods i could use instead???

Heres a pic of my tank:
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Or u can see my fish and tank at: http://groups.msn.com/SouthendTalkofthe ... snw?Page=1

Anyone got any comments... Thankyou
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IME, fertilizers are only necessary if you have dense plant growth, more than 2.5 watts/gal of lighting and are using pressurized CO2. Otherwise, the fertilizer simply stimulates the growth of algae.

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Post by metallhd »

What Dinyar says is right, the plants only need fertilizer when they are growing so vigorously under bright light they require the supplements - that's when they need the CO2 also, it all fits together. It looks like you have some anubias there, they're good for low light tanks. I would think a little bit of fertilizer here and there shouldn't hurt, but wouldn't think you need a weekly regimen. Cheers!
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