When To Add Fertilizer?

[fatheadminnow]

......You are now in the realms of EI. Ensure your tank is well planted....
Andy

Hopefully this is not a stupid question...but what does EI. stand for?

Thanks!
-FHM

 

[Underwurlde]

Estimative Index

 

[fatheadminnow]

Estimative Index

Thank you for your response!

-FHM

 

[Underwurlde]

No problemo. A pinned explaination...
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=104737

 

[keenonfish]

I just started EI yesterday. Got my DIY CO2 running it is all really easy and def worth it if you are serious about your plants! Oh cheap too!

 

[Underwurlde]

Andy's anal tip-toppity-tip of the day...

Run TWO DIY CO2 canisters IN PARALLEL. They should last a week, so get them to over-lap time-wise, i.e. cannister#1 from sunday to saturday, cannister #2 from wednesday to tuesday.

What is difficult with DIY is maintaining COSNTANT CO2. Any fluctuating CO2 will cause problems (algae to me & you).

Andy

 

[hollanda88]

Triphospho tubes have the three peaks you need for most things and will have a graph (name escapes me atm) with 3 peaks in the 3 zones

andrew

 

[fatheadminnow]

I just started EI yesterday. Got my DIY CO2 running it is all really easy and def worth it if you are serious about your plants! Oh cheap too!

Yeah, after everything is running here for a while, I will see if I need Co2 or not. As of right now I do not have enough light to run Co2, but we will see about that.

Andy's anal tip-toppity-tip of the day...

Run TWO DIY CO2 canisters IN PARALLEL. They should last a week, so get them to over-lap time-wise, i.e. cannister#1 from sunday to saturday, cannister #2 from wednesday to tuesday.

What is difficult with DIY is maintaining COSNTANT CO2. Any fluctuating CO2 will cause problems (algae to me & you).

Andy

Okay thanks for that information...I will look into that for sure!

Triphospho tubes have the three peaks you need for most things and will have a graph (name escapes me atm) with 3 peaks in the 3 zones

andrew

I have heard about these types of lights...I just dont know if I can get them around here or not?

-FHM

 

[Underwurlde]

Order them on-line then?

The internet - a solution for everything!!!! Even me boring everyone.... OK, perhaps not

 

[fatheadminnow]

Order them on-line then?

The internet - a solution for everything!!!! Even me boring everyone.... OK, perhaps not

Okay...I will try to find them on line.

Thanks again for your help!

-FHM