richard_b
March 27th 06, 08:34 PM
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilizer/
This is an article at the Krib about PMDD - Poor Mans Dosing Drops - a home
brew of nutrients used in place of commercial fertilizers - easy to
manipulate to suit your particular tanks requirements, and a lot cheaper
than sticking to commercial brews
"muddyfox" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi,
>
> Well, I finally got my planted tank set up and I'm now onto thinking
> about some fertiliser for it. Can anyone recomend some good products
> (both macro and micro nutrients) which I could use? (Available to the
> UK would be absolutely fantastic :) ) Also, if anyone has any good
> hints and tips I would really value some advice on general
> fertilisation as the most I've ever done before has been trace elements
> and iron.
>
> Tank set up is:
>
> 2ft x 1ft x 15" tank with 55watts T5 daylight, DIY CO2, basic filter
> and heaterstat and ADA aquasoil over mulm and peat. I have no fish and
> will be doing a fishless cycle before adding them (using NH3). I'm
> looking at adding White Cloud Mountain MInnows and Pygmy Corydoras.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Muddy
>
This is an article at the Krib about PMDD - Poor Mans Dosing Drops - a home
brew of nutrients used in place of commercial fertilizers - easy to
manipulate to suit your particular tanks requirements, and a lot cheaper
than sticking to commercial brews
"muddyfox" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi,
>
> Well, I finally got my planted tank set up and I'm now onto thinking
> about some fertiliser for it. Can anyone recomend some good products
> (both macro and micro nutrients) which I could use? (Available to the
> UK would be absolutely fantastic :) ) Also, if anyone has any good
> hints and tips I would really value some advice on general
> fertilisation as the most I've ever done before has been trace elements
> and iron.
>
> Tank set up is:
>
> 2ft x 1ft x 15" tank with 55watts T5 daylight, DIY CO2, basic filter
> and heaterstat and ADA aquasoil over mulm and peat. I have no fish and
> will be doing a fishless cycle before adding them (using NH3). I'm
> looking at adding White Cloud Mountain MInnows and Pygmy Corydoras.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Muddy
>