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Mulisha

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Hi guys i hope you don't mind me asking lots of questions and starting up a few different threads but i have just come across some ferts that are ment to be used for outside use but i was wouldering is it ok to dose these Yates products in a aquarium becuase i'm getting 4 adult discus and don't want to dose it and kill them.

The main thing i'm trying to accomplish is i have 0GH so i need to bring that up and i think the best way IMO is to use Dolomite Lime. I have looked on the Yates site and all there products have all the nessery trace and mayor ferts on there.

My major concern is dosing these different ferts and killing my fish becuase there ment for outside use on lawn etc not in aquariums. If i have to spend the money and buy the seachem range i will but if i can get the same effect from yates i rather use there more bulk product.

These were the ferts i was intending to buy if you guys think it's ok to use them:

Yates Chealted Iron
Yates Dolomite Lime
Yates Trace Elements or maybe just use Seachem Florish

If i don't use these Yates products i was intendng to buy the following:

Seachem Florish
Seachem Iron
JBL 7+13 Balls
And then buy some dolomite from my friend that has horses and they feed there horses it so not sure if it's ok for fish or not...

Maybe there is a easier way to increase GH without having to buy Seachem Equilbrium because of the cost!

Cheers thanks for any help.

Rick

Link: http://www.yates.com.au/products/fertilising/
 
I would say get the seachem ones, yes more expensive but they are tried and tested. Also, you don't know what else you're adding with the Yates ones, could be all sorts of chemicals in it which wont matter in the soil but could cause huge problems in an aquarium. If you say you want to keep discus, I just wouldn't risk it. That said someone for over there might know better.

Just out of interest is the tap water 0GH or do you use RO water?

Sam
 
Cut it with tap water to increase the GH then. Much easier and cheaper than adding chemicals.
 

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