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Re: Nutrients

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Nutrients
From: Paul Sears <psears at nrn1_NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:33:44 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <200111022048.fA2Km1Y05943 at actwin_com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Nov 02, 2001 03:48:01 PM

> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:12:17 -0000
> From: "John Lawrence" <JRLawrence at cwcom_net>
> Subject: Re Nutrients Thomas Barr
> 
> I have been reading inputs from Thomas Barr, and am trying to apply the
> advice to my problems.
> Two questions:
> As a source of phosphate I can only find K2HPO4 not KH2PO4 is this any good?

	Yes.  That is what I use.

> Will any of the chemicals suggested change the buffering hence invalidate
> the KH , PH CO2 relationship?

	In principle, phosphate is about as bad as you can get for messing
it up.  It's a very good buffer in the pH range we use.  In practice, if
you stay down at 1 or 2 ppm, it won't be a significant problem.

-- 
Paul Sears        Ottawa, Canada

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