Your Perfect Fertilizers

[Liquidplants]

MFKers i want to know what you add to your planted tanks I'm looking to add more Ferts. All I'm familiar with are the Flourish line of liquid fertilizers.
Personally i use Flourish excel and the occasional Iron.

I know that there are dry additives .. and that's all i know

All your input is welcome
~LiquD~

 

[ar0wan]

Seachem FTMFW

I don't use EXCEL as I have pressurized CO2
I have FLOURITE substrate and use FLOURISH as my primary Micro
I also have PHOSPHORUS that I am experimenting with

There are many different methods for a successful planted tank
You may want to provide some stats/pix to keep up the feedback

 

[Sab_Fan]

I like Seachem products ... I do use Excel, since I don't do CO2 ... and I will also dose with Seachem Potassium, Trace, Flourish and Iron ... I don't follow a rigid dosing schedule ...

my substrates vary, but are generally plant-friendly, like eco-complete or flourite ...

 

[chonhzilla]

I like Seachem products ... I do use Excel, since I don't do CO2 ... and I will also dose with Seachem Potassium, Trace, Flourish and Iron ... I don't follow a rigid dosing schedule ...

my substrates vary, but are generally plant-friendly, like eco-complete or flourite ...

Those are perfect products if you aren't following a rigid dosing schedule.

If you plan on dosing everyday, I'd go with dry fertz.

 

[Liquidplants]

Is dosing every day at noon considered a "rigid dosing schedule"?

I would like to test out dry fertz, what do you use?

 

[jcardona1]

I don't use Seachem ferts. Too expensive for my tastes. They take dry ferts, dilute with water, put a pretty label on it, jack up the price 1500%, cha-ching!

I use dry ferts. I dose 6 days a week, on a staggered schedule. I add:

- nitrates
- potassium
- phosphates
- trace minerals
- chelated iron
- Excel (along with pressurized co2)

I get them here: www.greenleafaquariums.com

 

[Liquidplants]

I also add "prime" weekly and have been wondering if it removes any of the ferts I have been adding. It probably has nothing to do with each other but I have to ask.
~LiquiD~

 

[knifegill]

In tanks/vases without fish I've found a rotting massivore pellet to cause amazing growth. I use it in my potted houseplants' water trays, too. Ghetto, but it's worked really well for me. I only have cheap easy plants, though, and haven't gotten that into fertilizer chemistry.

 

[aclockworkorange]

I also add "prime" weekly and have been wondering if it removes any of the ferts I have been adding. It probably has nothing to do with each other but I have to ask.
~LiquiD~

You mean you add prime when you do a weekly water change? Or just aren't changing the water and dumping in Prime?
Prime shouldn't affect any fertilizer in the traditional sense.

 

[Liquidplants]

Both, I do BI- or TRI-weekly water changes and a splash of Prime in between.

...Fish tank stats...

10g planted [until i get my 30G back running]- 1 Discus - 2 Glass cats - 2 Corys - 2 Ottos
10g sump [4-5g of water]
Filter is home made as follows.
mechanical <then> bio-balls <then> Peat moss pellets [To help naturally reduce PH]
Temp = 83-84
PH = 6.5ish

Let me know what u think.
~LiquiD~