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Old 10-08-2009, 02:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi folks!

Love the site, and its vast amount of knowledgeable members.

I have just switched to Flourish food from leaf zone( leaf zone grew algae good thats about it)

How do I dose this stuff? once a water change? I have syringes so I can measure it spot on.

I have a 52g flat back hex
flourite regular red/black chips for the base, RUGF plate w/ 660R power filter head thing and an AC70 HOB w/ AC20 powerhead for surface current(like a creek)

I got a long list of plants, dwarf sag, crypts of all sorts, big-medium and petite anubias, java moss, CS vals...moneywort... and others I received from ddavila earlier this week.

I have a 40W trichromatic 6700K tube above and a 27W PCF 6500K on the side due to hood being junk plastic( fixing that over the winter).

I am open to all advice/tips to get this tank THICK.

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Old 10-08-2009, 03:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Start here: http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...tor-chart.html

In the first post, LeftC has attached a dosing chart. I used to use it and it was really good. I did find, however, that after bumping up my light and CO2 that I needed 3x the recommeded doses of macronutrients. Anyway, it is a very good way to get a good balance of your ferts on a regular schedule.

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Dave. I appreciate the time you took to answer me. I should have known to do a search first but was feeling a little lazy and under the weather when I posted this. I see on the bottle itself it says after a 40% WC to dose 5ml/50gal daily.

I am using excel, I think it is killing the anubias, well the bigger ones. I get home from work today and t

The big ones have no leaves, they each had 3-5 on them after splitting the rhizome.

One last one, do the anubias grow back after dropping their leaves?


I saved a copy of the seachem dosing spreadsheet to my desktop for easy reference, this site is loaded. wow.
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One last one, do the anubias grow back after dropping their leaves?
Yep, but they are pretty slow.
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Ok making sure, there is a 4" rhizome on it bright green and very firm.
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Excel won't be killing your anubias it's just a carbon source they should bounce back.
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