Tropika ingredients (was No Subject from JOlson)

[Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel at comcast_net>]

JOlson8590 at aol_com  wrote:
> regarding imports, there are several applicable laws about
fertilizers, and
  they are applied by the USDA.  Basically, the analysis of ingredients
MUST be
  present, giving both the percentage of N, P, and K, and the sources.
Other
  things must also be listed, also giving the percentages, and the
sources of
  the things....It does not take much thinking to realize that aquatic
plant fertilizers
have, in general, violated these laws ....<

That just makes it all the more puzzling. Tropika has never
tried to keep their ingredients a secret. Claus Christensen himself
posted the ingredients and their percentages in 1995, and said,
"aquarium owners have the right to know what they put into
their aquarium!" It's archived at
  http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilizer/tropica-fert.html

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Shireen Gonzaga
Baltimore
whimbrel at comcast_net