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Re:Please help me and Iron from beets?
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>From: Ken Wilson <wils0153 at maroon_tc.umn.edu>
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:08:23 -0700
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....>>Now the PH constantly increases to 8.2 or more. Even when I
>>adjust the PH down, it raises again.
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>>PS My plants are having a great time.
Your plants are having a great time removing CO2, and it is this removal
that is raising the pH. It sounds like you need a CO2 generator system of
some sort, if you want to keep the pH from going so high.
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>From: Harold Wong <hgw at math_ucla.edu>
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 07:59:08 PDT
>Subject: Iron from beets?
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>I've never gotten this answered so I'll ask it again. How about feeding
>beets to out fish? Extremely rich in iron, it'll eventuall come back
>out as poop and then the plants can get to it. What do you think?
There are lots of easier ways to get iron to your plants. (Dupla drops,
Poor Man's Dupla Drops, some soil under the gravel, etc.) I didn't know
that beets had a lot more iron than most other plants. Is it really a LOT
more? I wouldn't subject my fish to a beet diet (unless they really like
beets) just to get iron into my tank.
Paul Krombholz Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS 39174
In Mississippi where it is fixen to rain.