Re: [APD] Dosing with Dry vs liquid fertilizers

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

I don't think it makes much diff. If you are adding lots
and worried about the concentration in the aquariumin the
immediate vicinity of where you add the stuff, you can add
a little at a time or dilute it in water first.

Some find the powder easier to handle. Some find the liquid
easier to measure. The hobbyist's convenience will be of
notoriously little concern to the fish and the plants in
the aquarium.

Scott H.




--- Vaughn Hopkins <hoppy1 at surewest_net> wrote:
> I am still in  the learning cycle for the latest
> information about 
> planted aquaria.  I will soon be setting up a 29 gallon,
> with 60 watts 
> of fluorescent lights, and will use Eco Complete
> substrate, and 
> pressurized CO2.  Today I was researching thru old APD
> issues on the 
> internet for comparisons between dosing with dry versus
> liquid 
> fertilizers, and didn't find anything I could use.  I do
> recall that 
> some of you dose KNO3 as dry powder, but I don't remember
> anyone saying 
> they dose all of their fertilizers that way.  One person
> asked back in 
> 2003 about dosing everything dry, but I didn't find where
> anyone 
> answered him.  So....who has opinions on this and do any
> of you dose 
> everything as dry powder?  If so, why?  (I swear I am
> going to keep 
> studying this subject until I feel like I know at least a
> little bit 
> about the best techniques to try.)
> 
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