Egmel
Fishaholic
Ok, Well I've just re-scaped my tank, my new lights are in the post as is my Nutrafin CO2 Kit.
It's a 20G and will have 45w of light total (2 strips of Arcadia Freshwater and one Hagen AquaGlo). It's not heavily stocked at the moment but this may change in the future
I have a pond soil base covered with sand though this was laid over 18 months ago so probably doesn't contain many nutrients any more.
Plants are:
Amazon Swords
Crypts
Spiral Vallis
Anubia Nana (no longer in the substrate, found that out last night!)
Red Ambulia
Glossostigma Elatinoides (don't think this is going to survive waiting for the lights to be delivered... I even ordered them first!)
Java Moss
Red Ludwigia (another I'm not sure will survive the wait )
My question is about fertilisers. I've read many posts and the pinned info on EI, had a quick search for some of the products mentioned and then found myself looking at dozens of similar but slightly different products!
I don't want to go down the full EI route, I just want something I can add every now and then to help the plants along. From what I understand this means I need the trace elements. My tap water is very hard (can't remember the value off hand but I remember thinking 'wow I knew it was hard but I didn't realise it was that hard' last time I checked it!) so I shouldn't need to add any calcium type things! I'm quite happy to mix my own formulas but also since it's a small tank I don't necessarily want to have to buy in bulk!
What does everyone else use and any recommendations?
Just so you can see this is what I currently have but as usual it's all subject to change!
It's a 20G and will have 45w of light total (2 strips of Arcadia Freshwater and one Hagen AquaGlo). It's not heavily stocked at the moment but this may change in the future
I have a pond soil base covered with sand though this was laid over 18 months ago so probably doesn't contain many nutrients any more.
Plants are:
Amazon Swords
Crypts
Spiral Vallis
Anubia Nana (no longer in the substrate, found that out last night!)
Red Ambulia
Glossostigma Elatinoides (don't think this is going to survive waiting for the lights to be delivered... I even ordered them first!)
Java Moss
Red Ludwigia (another I'm not sure will survive the wait )
My question is about fertilisers. I've read many posts and the pinned info on EI, had a quick search for some of the products mentioned and then found myself looking at dozens of similar but slightly different products!
I don't want to go down the full EI route, I just want something I can add every now and then to help the plants along. From what I understand this means I need the trace elements. My tap water is very hard (can't remember the value off hand but I remember thinking 'wow I knew it was hard but I didn't realise it was that hard' last time I checked it!) so I shouldn't need to add any calcium type things! I'm quite happy to mix my own formulas but also since it's a small tank I don't necessarily want to have to buy in bulk!
What does everyone else use and any recommendations?
Just so you can see this is what I currently have but as usual it's all subject to change!