[adamt]

I'm getting closer to having my tank setup which means I'm closer to having to decide on a dosing regime.

It's been a monsterous job getting everything ready but I'm almost there. I decided to replace the floors in the room where my aquarium will be so that postponed setup by a couple months. In that couple of months I have been brainstorming a lot. I went from building a regular fish only aquarium to a relatively high tech tank with all the bells and whistles.

I installed an RO unit and will be using that for my source water. I had a terrible time before just using tap water with my fish tanks so I want to start from the ground up. I don't know much about all this fertilizing jargon but I have been doing a bunch of reading in the last few weeks. I'm hoping somebody can filter through a lot of that and give me the cut and dry.

I need some serious beginer help. I am confident that once I get going with this I will get the hang of it but I don't want to have a shaky foundation and try to compensate for it later when I have a fully planted tank on the line. I did this with my first fish aquarium, and it is hell. I want to have a solid start and go from there.

So my main questions are-
1. What do I need to reconstitute my water so it is acceptable for plant life?

2. What testing equipment do I need to get for pps discus mix?

3. What fertilizers do I need to get?

I think that should cover my first round here. I do have a little insight on some of the questions I asked but I would like some more input.

Thanks in advance
Adam