jcardona1;3186127; said:for that plant list, i would ditch the co2 and try adding some Excel once every few days, the plants will love it. but if youre going to start adding co2, youll want to run a complete dosing routine. you cant randomly start dosing different ferts, you have to be complete and consistent, varying the amount of each nutrient to achieve a balance.
a complete fert routing would include potassium, phosphate, nitrates and the mircro/trace nutrients. and of course, carbon, which comes via co2. and pretty much with any tank size, the most cost effecient way of doing this is via the EI method using bulk dry fertilizers. i dont like using the bottled stuff. its just the same stuff. except companies dilute it in water and slap it in a pretty bottle, marking the price up 500% at the same time.
and in my opinion, i think that light may be a little intense for a non-co2 setup, but theres only one way to find outwanna read more? see here: http://rexgrigg.com/ articles on the right
ive been using Excel ever since the beginning, i also use DIY Co2 on top of that.
