Re: Helping E. horemanii

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Helping E. horemanii
From: ac554 at freenet_carleton.ca (David Whittaker)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 02:07:24 -0400

>From: nfrank at nando_net (Neil Frank)
>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 95 08:25:36 EDT
>Subject: Re: Helping E. horemanii
>
>>From George Booth, this time.
>>
>>We thought it was just a matter of having the right nutrients, but you
>>are using Dupla stuff, so that's not it.  You have a low bioload in
>>the tank; maybe your nitrates aren't high enough?  Ours run 10-20
>>ppm.  Didn't I hear somewhere that Echinodorus like a little nitrate?
>>
>
>Dupla stuff is not equivalent to providing all the right nutrients. There
>are both micro nutrients and MACRO nutrients.  All plants must have both -
>and once they run out of one element they will start to recyle from the
>older leaves.

There are two types of elemental nutrients, mobile and immobile.
The former are zinc, molybdenum, magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorus,
and potassium. Deficiencies of these elements will cause older
leaves to die or experience the effects first as the element is
transferred to the newer leaves.

The immobile elements are boron, calcium, copper, iron, manganese,
and sulfur. Deficiencies of thes elements will cause young leaves
to suffer as the element cannot be moved and becomes unavailable
for uptake and hence growth.


Dave

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