Can you use Jobs fertilizer sticks

I fully understand, I'm extremely hard headed.
It is a good quality in most cases and makes folks tenacious.
Tenacity is good if it's well directed.

Try some experiments with jobes sticks, then you'll know and the issue will be resolved in your own mind and analysis.

Take a small test tank and add KNO3 first to 20ppm and wait 3-7 days, next add a jobes to the water column with good light/CO2.
Wait 2-3 days.

What do you see?
You can do this with a small container and DIY CO2 etc and toss some extra plants in there.

Next clean the tank.

Folks told me that high NO3 causes algae, high Fe causes algae, high PO4 causes algae.

I added them and got no algae.
So I am suspicious by nature.

Regards,
Tom Barr
 
I read about your experiments, (On the Krib I think.) I understand what you are saying. Right now I am simply trying to supplement Sagittaria subulata. I know where the spike is and I know I am not about to move it.

This stuff is spreading but it is struggling. With the old leaves turning translucent. I have been adding No Salt because I thought that might be K. There isn't all that much light in the first place. (~1.5wpg) So I just thought I would push a spike down under the runners and see if that would perk it up a bit.
 
Listen to Tom. I used root stakes as a general rule when I first setup my tank. Everytime I added a new plant I put a stick or two deep in the subtrate nearby. Just as Tom suggested, I would occaisionally disturb one. Boom! Major algae outbreak. I understand you're trying to treat a specific situation and maybe you will have better luck with it than I, but personally, I will not be using them in the future.
 
Ditto -- It's the reason you and I are here. I've read many of your posts Ergo, and I think you know your stuff -- just passing along my personal experience.
 
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