Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #115

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• Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #115
• From: wmbrady at chesapeake_net (Bill Brady)
• Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 04:55:01 -0500

>        I have received e-mail from the U.K. which gave municipal water
>analysis with potassium, sulphate and nitrate concentrations that
>were so high (thanks to agricultural contamination of groundwater) that
>the sender would never have to bother with anything but trace element
>addition to his tank, provided he did water changes.  The fish seem
>to survive.
>
>
>Paul Sears    Ottawa, Canada
>
Years ago, I took a "farm pond management" course. We were taught to add
fertilizer (regular old 5-10-5) to pond water. The result was more and
bigger fish.

Do we worry too much about nitrates etc?

-Bill Brady

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