[ara35]

the bacopa carolinia is doing the worst already withering away!!!
i didnt get ferts and i need to today, what do i need??
the co2 isnt working as well as i hoped but that should also be fixed by friday at the latest. what do i need to do???? heres a picture of what i mean

PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Tex Gal]

You are starving them to death. You need micro ferts (trace minerals) and macro ferts (Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus). Make sure you get both. You could even add some excel to help with the carbon dioxide issue.

Flourish sells these. If you have a LFS (local fish store) you can get them there. Maybe they might carry another brand. If I were you I would just get SOMETHING in the tank right away. I even bought the "pond" fertilizer because I live out in the country and couldn't find regular brands. I just figured out the dosages. In the meantime I ordered the dry ferts and when they came I switched over.

 

[ara35]

sorry to be annoying but could you put down exactly what im supposed to be looking for. like what is it all called, and how much would it all cost?

 

[Tex Gal]

I don't know what you have around you. If you can get Flourish, you need Flourish nitrogen, Flourish phosphorus and Flourish Potassium. Then they had Flourish - trace minerals. You need that. You could also use Flourish Excel - carbon source, also great for spot treating algae. This is the "Flourish" line of fertilizers. Each company sells their own brands. Just look for Nitrogen (N), Potassium (K) and Phosphorus (P) - your macros. Then trace elements - these will be in one bottle all together.

I don't know your cost. It depends on what you find and where you go.

Online you can get the dry ferts at these places. Greenleaf will get the to you FAST!
green leaf http://www.greenleafaquariums.com/aquarium-fertilizer.html
Rex Grigg.com http://www.bestaquariumregulator.com/ferts.html
Aquariumfertilizer.com http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com/Store.php

 

[Wö£fëñxXx1]

Then they had Flourish trace minerals.

That would be Flourish Comprehensive, you do not want Flourish Trace which is mostly H20.

ara, you have some serious homework to do if you want to be successful with
growing plants under water.

 

[Bert H]

You might also want to read through these 2 references, in particular the nutrient sections:

http://www.aquatic-plants.org/articles/basics/pages/index.html
http://www.rexgrigg.com/

 

[ara35]

so in addition to all the flourish, i also need dry ferts? or the flourish comes in dry ferts?

 

[Sunstar]

there are flourish root tabs that can be shoved into the substrate to feed the heavy root feeders. I used API tabs which gave me a bitter taste in the mouth. So now I have been using small bits of jobes plant stakes, added ever month or so.

Read read read.. that's how I learned.

 

[freydo]

so in addition to all the flourish, i also need dry ferts? or the flourish comes in dry ferts?

you can go either the Flourish route OR go the dry fertilizer route.

the flourish products are all liquid products, and the dry fertilizers are, well... you get the idea. and please give those links that bert posted a read. they will help you with your tank.

 

[HeyPK]

First thing, before you do anything else, do a water change.

 

[ara35]

well i plan to come back to my tank friday, then leave it till wed. how should i doese? should i put in a dose of everything??

 

[freydo]

you need to setup either an auto-doser, or have a friend/family member do the dosing when you're not home. because the lack of proper fertilizing is not good for your plants, and they're doomed to die regardless.

 

[Tex Gal]

If you read the links BertH gave you, you will understand what you need to do. Here is another http://beginneraquarist.petfish.net/Beginner%20Aquarist/Home.html

When I go away I use the little RX containers for pills that have a compartment for each day of the week. I premeasure for each day. I get a neighbor kid to come in and dump the right day in. I have another for food. It works great.

 

[Wö£fëñxXx1]

First thing, before you do anything else, do a water change.

Actually the first thing I would do if I were him, would be
turn the lights down and do some reading.

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