bordercollie05
Fishaholic
I've got a ten gallon tank which started as low light. I'm working on understanding planted tanks and have upgraded the light and added CO2 since then. The next step is ferts.
My lighting info:
I have 2 spiral compact fluorescent lights each rated 6500K and 800 lumens (this gives 1600 lumens total) so this should be equivalent to about ~3 watts/gal with respect to a t12 light (with the information that it gives out 50 lumens/watt)
My CO2 info:
I just got my CO2 bottle to stop leaking this week and I think I'm getting about a bubble/second. I'm monitoring the pH, it's come down from the usual 7.8 from the faucet to 7.4...trying to keep a close eye on this. I'm also going to get a kH kit this week to try to measure my CO2 in ppm.
Ferts?:
My real questions are about EI. I'd like to give this a shot and have been reading up on it. It sounds like you don't really need K2SO4 unless you notice problems because you get enough K from the KNO3 and the KH2PO4. Is this right?
Also, I've read a lot of mixed reports about what trace minerals to use. I was thinking of using Seachem Flourish as I think it is locally available to me. Do I need to dose their Fe product too? or is just the regular product enough? Is there any reason to use another micro mix instead?
To sum it up:
1. Do you really need K2SO4? How do you know if you need it?
2. How do you know whether to supplement a micro mix with Fe?
3. How do you pick a micro mix, and will Seachem Flourish be okay for my needs?
My lighting info:
I have 2 spiral compact fluorescent lights each rated 6500K and 800 lumens (this gives 1600 lumens total) so this should be equivalent to about ~3 watts/gal with respect to a t12 light (with the information that it gives out 50 lumens/watt)
My CO2 info:
I just got my CO2 bottle to stop leaking this week and I think I'm getting about a bubble/second. I'm monitoring the pH, it's come down from the usual 7.8 from the faucet to 7.4...trying to keep a close eye on this. I'm also going to get a kH kit this week to try to measure my CO2 in ppm.
Ferts?:
My real questions are about EI. I'd like to give this a shot and have been reading up on it. It sounds like you don't really need K2SO4 unless you notice problems because you get enough K from the KNO3 and the KH2PO4. Is this right?
Also, I've read a lot of mixed reports about what trace minerals to use. I was thinking of using Seachem Flourish as I think it is locally available to me. Do I need to dose their Fe product too? or is just the regular product enough? Is there any reason to use another micro mix instead?
To sum it up:
1. Do you really need K2SO4? How do you know if you need it?
2. How do you know whether to supplement a micro mix with Fe?
3. How do you pick a micro mix, and will Seachem Flourish be okay for my needs?