plants growing veerrryyyy slow

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
sorry i dont know what "HO, or NO" is. I have CO2 running in the tank. The cabomba's huge. im afraid to trim it, as from what i hear it die's from the cut down for the most part. I have about 1/5 part flourite, and liquid fertilizer. Anyone know of some fast growing plants i can just trim and replant? some fast growin stuff? I was thinkin about getting some rotala. Any carpet plants that carpet quickly? dwarf sagitaria, dwarf baby tears, dwarf hair grass?
 
alright thanks, now im thinkin water sprite, anarchis, and wisteria. Anyone know a site that has care sheets for a large number of aquarium plants? like lighting, temp, nutrient, growth rate requirements?
 
Remember that if any one component is lacking then growth can be inhibited. Plants need adequet light, C02, macro nutrients, micro nutrients, water chemistry (PH/hardness) and temperature. Each species has different requirements for each of these components.

Lets say you have great lighting, lots of CO2 and macro nutrients (NPK) are in accepable ranges. If your any of your trace minerals say iron are absent then you will still see little to no growth because of this limiting factor. To avoid lacking these nutrients and providing for a wide range of plants needs the EI method of fertilizing is amazing. See the attached link. The basis is to provide an abundance of all nutrients to compensate for the varying plant needs and once a week doing a 50% weekly water change to "reset" your values.

If you buy dry fertilizer you will see some real savings even though you will be adding fertilizers almost daily.

I can say that the method really does work. I was having a hard time growing HC and limnophilia aromatica until I found and embraced this method.

Enjoy!

http://www.barrreport.com/forumdisplay.php/38-Estimative-Index
 
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