Re: [APD] RE: growing Gloss

["Louis Lin" <lhclin at tickquest_com>]

Since you are in Toronto, you can buy KNO3 from homegrown
hydroponics (www.hydroponics.com). A small box will last you a
long time (years).
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Louis Lin
TickQuest Inc    www.tickquest.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Byron Yu" <byronjyu at hotmail_com>
To: <"mailto:aquatic-plants"@actwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: [APD] RE: growing Gloss


> Thanks for the advice Tom,
>
> About KNO3, is there a special aquarium brand i should get? Or is this
just
> normal Garden fertilizer? Where should I get it?
>
>
> Byron
>
> > Start date: December 28, 2004
> > Tank:  20 gallon
> > Filter:  2213 Ehiem Canister - no carbon used.
> > Lighting: 2x65 watt 6700K Power compact (only one of the 65 watt bulbs
is
> > used, the other one is turned off)
> > Substrate: 3-4 inches of Red Sea Florabase Gravel
> > CO2 injection: Yeast through diy external reactor via canister outflow
to
> > spray bar.
> > Water Chemistry: PH: 6.8 (night)-7.2 (day), KH: 4-5, GH: 8-10
>
> Try keeping the pH lower using only CO2 gas in the 6.7-6.8 ranhe during
the
> DAY!!!
> This is going to cause you issues with most fast growing plants and even
> the slow growers.
>
> > Ferilization:  Seachem tab root, in addition to 5 ml of Tropica Master
> Grow
> > and 3 ml of Seachem Postassium every 2 days
> > Maintainance: 2 gallon water changes every 2 days.
>
> Try weekly water changes, 50% etc.
> Try adding KNO3 2x a week to start, maybe 3x a week later if things look
> good and plant biomass increased a fair amount.
> 1/4 teaspoon etc 2x a week should perk things up and negate the use of the
> Potassium from the SeaChem product.
>
> > I know i have enough light with just one 65 watt bulb on cause my Rotala
> > rotundifolia is red and the glosso is growing
> > horizontally (with 130 watts the glosso was growing under the gravel).
> > I think my CO2 is good cause all through the day all my plants are
> bubbling.
>
> Not near the end of the day.
> Gloss does not like to be nitrogen limited either.
>
> Regards,
> Tom Barr
> > Byron
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