I have been reading on fertilizing and so far found you can do it in one of two ways... there may be more:
Nutrient: Nitrate (NO3) Target=10ppm
Methods:
1) Add Stump Remover, available at Home Depot.
2) Add Dry KNO3 (Potassium Nitrate), available here.
Nutrient: Phosphate (PO4) Target=1ppm
Methods:
1) Add fleet enema, available at your local pharmacy. Read here for further info
2) Add KH2PO4 (Mono potassium phosphate), available here.
Nutrient: Potasium (K+)
Adding any of the above for Nitrate and Phosphate one should get enough potassium in the column.
Nutrient: Fe/Micros
Add Flourish or other commercial product available at your LFS. In this regard I have found no absolut direction on how much to dose... still do not have a very clear idea on how much to add to the tank.
After all of this rambling... I am trying to find out, first if my understanding of what one needs to control as far as nutrients goes is correct, and second advantages (and disadvantages) of using dry chemicals as opposed to stump remover and fleet enema.
Nutrient: Nitrate (NO3) Target=10ppm
Methods:
1) Add Stump Remover, available at Home Depot.
2) Add Dry KNO3 (Potassium Nitrate), available here.
Nutrient: Phosphate (PO4) Target=1ppm
Methods:
1) Add fleet enema, available at your local pharmacy. Read here for further info
2) Add KH2PO4 (Mono potassium phosphate), available here.
Nutrient: Potasium (K+)
Adding any of the above for Nitrate and Phosphate one should get enough potassium in the column.
Nutrient: Fe/Micros
Add Flourish or other commercial product available at your LFS. In this regard I have found no absolut direction on how much to dose... still do not have a very clear idea on how much to add to the tank.
After all of this rambling... I am trying to find out, first if my understanding of what one needs to control as far as nutrients goes is correct, and second advantages (and disadvantages) of using dry chemicals as opposed to stump remover and fleet enema.