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Water conditioner and Fe
Hello,
I think this is the best mailing list that I have ever subscribed to.
There are many helpful folks who so generously share their knowledge and
experience. I have gained so much that I sounds like an "expert" when
talking to my friends about planted tanks.
I have been using water conditioners on my tap water prior to adding it to
my tank. These conditioners are supposed to remove chlorine/choramine,
reduce stress to fishes and binds metals. I am wondering if these
conditioners actually binds Fe and other trace metals when I add my
Flourish. If so, will the bound metals still be avaible to my plants?
I am asking this because I have been adding Flourish to my tanks and my Fe
test kit does not seem to indicate an increase in the Fe concentration. It
was reading less than 0.05mg/L. So I added more Flourish, but the test kit
still do not show an increase. Yesterday, I found one of my shrimp dead.
I am now suspecting that I have overdosed the Flourish.
Could it be my water conditioner "eating" up the Fe or my test kit is
faulty?
BC (Singapore)