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Plant nutrients-an alternative to PMDD
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Plant nutrients-an alternative to PMDD
- From: "Jim Spencer" <jrs at cyber-quest_com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:00:58 +0000
- Comments: Authenticated sender is <jrs at cyber-quest_com>
- In-reply-to: <5828920 at bbs_cyber-quest.com>
Macon Cowles wrote
>
> I have been attentive to the various posts on PMDD, but I don't want to
> fart around with the mixing and the titration and the building of copper
> levels inherent in the current recipe and all that.
>
> So I want to pass along a tip that Karen Randall kindly gave me which
> anyone who feels as I do and who has US$12 may wish to try. Buy Tropica
> Mastergrow from http://www.marine-monsters.com. That amount plus US$6
> shipping per order will buy 250 ml of a trace element mixture that covers
> what is needed and yet which is devoid of copper.
I have been using Flourish (<$5-250ml) and I believe I am getting
good results with it. It has trace elements including iron, calcium,
magnesium and potassium. For a 50gal tank 1-2ml once or twice a week
is the recommended dosage. To simplify the additions I diluted it so
I could just add 5ml a day. In addition to the Flourish I am adding
KNO3 to control the nitrate level. I started making these additions
a few weeks after setting up a new 55g tank. I was a
little reluctant to start adding nitrate to it after seeing the
nitrate levels drop to barely detectable levels. I very slowly
increased dosage levels until I reached about 2ppm at which point the
slowly increasing presence algae seemed to stabilize. I'm still being
very cautious with the nitrate additions because I don't have a lot
of confidence in my nitrate test kit.
>
> As for Marine Monsters, their web page is dynamite, .....
I agree - this is a great site. I haven't bought anything from them
yet but it has a lot of useful information and they update it
several times a week
Jim Spencer Sayre, PA
jrs at cyber-quest_com
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