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[Fishfiles1]

i thought the same, but after a long going attack of staghorn alage, i decided to add more K. i read some where that for plants to use P they need K, so i figured maybe more K will allow them to use all the P, after i started doing this bing bada boom no more staghorn, and massive growth in plants

 

[tackful]

i thought the same, but after a long going attack of staghorn alage, i decided to add more K. i read some where that for plants to use P they need K, so i figured maybe more K will allow them to use all the P, after i started doing this bing bada boom no more staghorn, and massive growth in plants

That's very encouraging. I was getting desperate because I had run out of ideas, but that's the one thing I hadn't considered.

 

[Fishfiles1]

It worked for. You just have to think outside the box

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[plantbrain]

Now that I think about it, if low K was preventing N and P uptake, then the plants could be starving yet test results might still show seemingly adequate N & P levels. I had never dosed much K since I'd thought that enough was present in the KNO3 and KH2PO4.

See my analysis as to why if you dose KH2PO4 and KNO3, you should never be low on K+.
Sounds more like the issue if you did not dose enough or dose enough CO2.

Sediment may have nothing but correlation to do with it(as is often the case).

I have client's with nice tanks using EC as well as ADA AS.
If you move things around, rescape and do not want to replace the sediment, then EC works, so does Flourite black sand, I prefer that but cleaning it is a PITA. EC, no cleaning, but looks a bit tacky really.

Tack if you still live in Sau, let me know, I can stop by sometime, I use to live in Larkspur for 15 years and my sister still does.

 

[tackful]

I am in Marin City, right next to Sausalito. That would be great!

 

[plantbrain]

I am in Marin City, right next to Sausalito. That would be great!

I drive by there on my way to SF often.

 

[tackful]

Any time you felt like stopping by would be great. In a few minutes you would figure out what I've been missing for several years.