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Supplements
Boy this _is_ an oldie.
Tom Wood wrote:
>> I never said I was fine tuning anything. I don't play the 'aquatic
>> gardening as rocket science' game. I just want to know what I am putting
>> in my tank, and why. Although I do have to trust that Paul knew what he
>> was doing when he and Kevin chose the Plantex CSM trace element mix, I
>> doubt it really matters all that much. The amount needed is "some", with
>> iron acting as a proxy for measuring. And even then, the iron test kits we
>> use are unreliable because of the chelants. My point was that when using
>> a commercial fertilizer, there is no way of knowing what is being added if
>> it isn't disclosed.
Of course, you are going on the assumption that there are not commercial
aquarium fertilizer mixes that _DO_ state their ingredients. This is a
false assumption. The one I use does, and that's one of the reasons I use
it. The other is that it works better (for micronutrient supplementation)
than anything else I've used, including roll your own.
>This doesn't have to be all that complicated.
You've got that right ;-)
Karen