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Aquatic Plant Food 20-10-5

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Aquatic Plant Food 20-10-5
From: Kevin <kevin16 at home_com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:58:16 -0500
References: <199901022048.PAA29653 at acme_actwin.com>

I found "Aquatic Plant Food 20-10-5" at PetSmart today. It is a slow
release tablet intended for pond plants made by Aquarium
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The tablets are for burial in the soil near plant
roots. Has anybody tried breaking these large tablets into smaller
pieces and adding them to an aquarium substrate? Or, does anybody have
any opinions about using this product in an aquarium?

Here are the contents as listed on the bottle:

Total Nitrogen*			20.00%
(7.00% Urea Nitrogen)
(13.0% Water Insoluble Nitrogen)
Available Phosphoric Acid 	10.00%
Soluble Potash			5.00%
Calcium				2.80%
Magnesium (total)		0.50%
(0.00% Water Soluble Magnesium)
Sulfur (Combined)		2.00%
Boron				0.02%
Copper (Soluble)		0.05%
Iron (Soluble)			0.50%
Manganese (Water Soluble)	0.05%
Zinc (Soluble)			0.05%

*17% slowly available Nitrogen from Ureaformaldehyde

Derived from: Ureaformaldehyde, Calcium Phosphates, Potassium Sulfate,
Calcium Sulfate, Magnesium Oxide, Sodium Borate, Copper Sulfate, Iron
Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate

Thanks for any feedback!

Kevin O. Hicks

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