Ferts?

[trigoudarammi]

What would be the best ferts to use on a 10 gallon heavily planted with 7.0 ph , 2.2kh and hard water.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

in a small tank i would just go with the Flourish line.

 

[trigoudarammi]

Does anyone in know if in dallas tx they add alot of phosphates to the water"?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

best way to find out is to call or look up on the net your local water company.

 

[ddot]

i live in d-town, and our phosphates suck. Not too bad for freshwater plants, but bad for saltwater. I used phosphate sponges when i used tap a long time ago.

 

[TKOS]

I would find out the level of phosphates excatly, as Mgamer2000 said. Ideally you want your Nitrogen phosphate potassium balance to be 10:1:10. If you have plants with a lot of red or brown colouring you may wish to add in an iron rich fert. And with a small tank like that perhaps a bit of flourish excell as a source of carbon.