Anubis Care

[This Old Spouse]

Why do you hate that statement???

 

[Man of fish]

Oh yeah me too.

 

[SO19Firearms]

Sorry, been at a Panto

No ferts, no co2 or even added ferts..... Plants need food like people. If you don't feed yourself the only thing you'll grow - is thinner.
In some cases in a fishtank you get away with it, nitrate/phosphate in tap water, or from fish food/waste...but even then there's a reasonable chance your plants aren't flying....just falling with style....

 

[Man of fish]

This is a type of plant that is low light so there is no need to add co2 of ferts unless you want the plant to boom and appear as it's on steroids. In that low light it will grow just slowly.

 

[SO19Firearms]

I personally think the reverse is true, I think if you don't feed it, it will die very slowly, unlike others that die quickly...
or, I'm wrong and have drawn the wrong conclusion to any post containing "I've been growing my anubias fine for 6months and have never had to feed it....but now it's leaves are going yellow"....

Just my opinion.

 

[This Old Spouse]

What I'd really like to know is, what should I use as an all-around plant food for my tanks? I thought the fish poo and food waste would be enough, but I guess not. I can NOT afford to go the CO2 high tech route. Just a common fertilizer I add on a schedule.

 

[SO19Firearms]

What I'd really like to know is, what should I use as an all-around plant food for my tanks? I thought the fish poo and food waste would be enough, but I guess not. I can NOT afford to go the CO2 high tech route. Just a common fertilizer I add on a schedule.

I'd get a recipe off The planted tank and get the ingredients from your local supplier

 

[ian]

Sometimes N and P from the fish is enough...it's traces, especially K, that is lacking in planted tank. Tap water sometimes contains enough. It can be used up pretty quickly in a tank though. This is why many people successfully run their low tech tanks on just trace.