Hc

[showjyr]

I have 30 gallon tank with 1.8 wpg, DIY co2, sand substrate, and no ferts. Would i be able to grow HC well?


P.S. Does anyone know anything about Eriocaulon Setaceum?

 

[ICEEGRL]

How old is the tank?
Are there fish in it?
If it is plain sand... you will probably need ferts of some kind. CO2 makes them grow faster increasing the need for nutrients. What you will need depends on your set up and what you want it to do.

 

[Themuleous]

The key to HC is to give it plenty of light, so you'd prob need over 2WPG for a 30g. It does like a plant substrate but I've seen carpets on quarts gravel before, you just have to make sure the water column has plenty of ferts in it, including NO3 and PO4.

Sam

 

[showjyr]

How old is the tank?
Are there fish in it?
If it is plain sand... you will probably need ferts of some kind. CO2 makes them grow faster increasing the need for nutrients. What you will need depends on your set up and what you want it to do.

The tank has been set up for about 6 months.
I have 50-75 cherry shrimp, 4 peppered corys, 4 small endlers, and quit a few ramshorn and MTS in there at the moment.
I'm using Tahitian moon sand.
I would prefer the HC to behave and stay nice and low.

As far as ferts go i'm on the fence because of the cherry shrimp and i'm not sure what will be safe for them....and i have no experience with ferts of any kind so i'm really stuck on what to use.

 

[Themuleous]

The only way to get HC to stay low it to give it plenty of light, anything less and it'll grow tall and prob die eventually.

Sam

 

[Liam]

Its fine to use ferts with cherry shrimp, they are tough little critters, lots of people keep them in tanks with EI ferts

 

[showjyr]

What about metals in some ferts i.e. chellated copper or iron? These aren't high enough amounts to harm cherries? What is a good basic fert to use that i can get in the US?

My LFS closed a while back and the nearest one is about 40 minutes away so i can't read through ingredients, probably will be buying from ebay if i can find something on there.

 

[nry]

The levels of elements in aquarium plant fertiliser is not going to affect shrimp.

 

[Themuleous]

People have been adding copper and iron to shrimp tanks via plant ferts for years, I've not heard of it causing a problem, except where excessive amounts have been added, such as by mistake.

If you can't get to a fish shop this fert is excellent and would be suitable for feeding your plants

http/www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/prod...=4652&rel=1

Sam

 

[Dave Pauls]

I got all my ferts from http/www.aquariumfertilizer.com/ I got the site from the pinned EI thread. his stuff is cheap and good.

 

[ICEEGRL]

I use the place themuleous did the link for. I get the one the link shows and trace by the same people. They also do excel (same company) that is liquid co2. It works well also, but there are a few plants that don't like excel. You have to be kind of careful with that one, but the other two are great.
You can also consider plant tabs. Seachem does them also.

 

[nry]

People have been adding copper and iron to shrimp tanks via plant ferts for years, I've not heard of it causing a problem, except where excessive amounts have been added, such as by mistake.

If you can't get to a fish shop this fert is excellent and would be suitable for feeding your plants

http/www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/prod...=4652&rel=1

Sam

Blimey, we're not paying over the odds for this in the UK are we! $5 for 250ml, that's £2.50! UK prices put it at over £7!

 

[showjyr]

People have been adding copper and iron to shrimp tanks via plant ferts for years, I've not heard of it causing a problem, except where excessive amounts have been added, such as by mistake.

If you can't get to a fish shop this fert is excellent and would be suitable for feeding your plants

http/www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/prod...=4652&rel=1

Sam

Blimey, we're not paying over the odds for this in the UK are we! $5 for 250ml, that's £2.50! UK prices put it at over £7!

I just bought the 250ml on ebay for $3. Pretty cheap and i hope it works well.