Aquatic Plant Central - View Single Post - How to balance NPK, Ca, Mg and micros

kekon · 07-01-2007, 10:30 AM

Plants that were used:

- Micranthemum Umbrosum
- Alternatera Reineckii
- Blyxa japonica
- Rotala Indica
- Glossostigma Elatinoides
- Cardamine Lyrata
- Bacopa Caroliniana

- valissineria spiralis
- Anubias Barteri var. nana
- microsorium (i don't remember its exact name)
- elechoaris
- Rotala Wallichii

Plants species written in green color didn't react to any change in fertilization so i omited them in the desctription. All other plants responded exceptionally quickly to every change; however i tried to maintain any introduced change for at least 2 weeks. When i wanted to change any micronutrient i added desired amount of it directly into the tank and the effect was noticeable no longer than a week after addition. Changing K, Mg, N always gave results that were seen no longer than 3 days after the change. At decent lighting (0.75 W / 1L) plants respond quite quickly to changes.

07-01-2007, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
kekon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bialystok, Poland Posts: 369 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 15335	Re: How to balance NPK, Ca, Mg and micros - new experiments Plants that were used: - Micranthemum Umbrosum - Alternatera Reineckii - Blyxa japonica - Rotala Indica - Glossostigma Elatinoides - Cardamine Lyrata - Bacopa Caroliniana - valissineria spiralis - Anubias Barteri var. nana - microsorium (i don't remember its exact name) - elechoaris - Rotala Wallichii Plants species written in green color didn't react to any change in fertilization so i omited them in the desctription. All other plants responded exceptionally quickly to every change; however i tried to maintain any introduced change for at least 2 weeks. When i wanted to change any micronutrient i added desired amount of it directly into the tank and the effect was noticeable no longer than a week after addition. Changing K, Mg, N always gave results that were seen no longer than 3 days after the change. At decent lighting (0.75 W / 1L) plants respond quite quickly to changes.