Re: [APD] Slow growth in 10 gal tank

[Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com>]

Anther idea:  You may be short on hardness and/or specifically on 
Magnesium.  I dose a bit of epsom salt for magnesium with my traces.
Vaughn H.

On Monday, February 20, 2006, at 09:42 AM, jvision at telus_net wrote:

> I have a planted 10 gal tank which isn't growing at all to it's 
> potential.  I
> have 2 spiral 13W CF bulbs, dosing KNO3 and KH2PO4 every-other-day and 
> using
> Seachem's Excell as a Carbon source (dosing about 1/4 capful every day 
> - no
> deaths to snales, crays or fish).
>
> Growth was OK for a bit, but has slown down considerably.  E. tenellus 
> doesn't
> spread, and new growth is very pale.  Glosso never really took off, 
> and is
> almost non-existant.  Riccia pearls after WC, but isn't growing very 
> much.  Even
> Hygro. polysperma isn't growing much anymore.
> Java Fren is very happy, however.
>
> Any ideas?  I'm not dosing traces - thought WCs would take care of that
> throughout the week.  Should I start?  Should I add CO2?  Would have 
> to be DIY
> for now - diffused through an Hagen latter for now, too.
>
> Thoughts?  Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason M.
>
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