Red Nesea

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Hungriee

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Today I picked up two bunches of Red Nesea from my LFS. They were super super red so it caught my eyes at first sight. I'm new to this plant, is this plant hard to grow ? Does it require lots of light, co2 or ferts? how can I keep it extra red?

So far I do 50% wc every Sundays, have a DIY Co2 system with Hagen ladder ( 8 Hour Photoperiod) , 65W PC Lighting, I dose Flourish, Excel, Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorous, Iron, and Trace from the Seachem line - following the dosing chart on the Seachem website.

My plants over the last month have been having steady growth but had some algae so I picked up some Otos and now its all clear and green again. My new xp2 canister filter also cleared up the water and Ive noticed there is less algae as well.

What kind of ferts, lights, or co2 should I does more to keep the nesea extra red?
 
Yes! I did get it from New World. I stopped by today and was amazed by it in the tank so grabbed two batches of it. Too bad, I didn't research it ahead. I hope my light is enough - 65 W over a 20g Tank is about 3.25Wpg for 8hrs a day. I do have an extra 36W T5 fixture that I plan for another tank that I could use with it too. Do you think I should, but it'll put me at around 91W which might be too much?

The only ferts I use is the ones in the liquid Seachem bottles, would that be enough with my DIY CO2 diffusing through the hagen ladder?
 
Is there a majore beneficial difference for dry ferts?
 
Hungriee said:
Is there a majore beneficial difference for dry ferts?
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Bk828 said:
nope, same thing but they say for large tanks its cheaper in the long run..
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It's really cheaper all around, no matter what size tank it is. When you buy liquid ferts, you are paying a huge mark up for water and a brand name. You can buy dry ferts from www.aquariumfertilizer.com and dose much cheaper.


Rex Grigg said:
Why would you want to use bulk nutrients. Well here are some numbers.
  • If you are dosing 60gallons of water with Flourish Potassium you would need 100 ml to get to 20 ppm.
  • If you are dosing 60 gallons of water with Flourish Phosphorus you would need to dose 48 ml to get to 1 ppm.
  • If you are dosing 60 gallons of water with Flourish Nitrogen you would need to dose 30 ml to get to 10 ppm.
  • Flourish Potassium is $6 mail order for 500 ml. So if you dose once a week that bottle will last you 5 weeks. Cost would $1.25 a week to dose potassium.
  • Flourish Phosphorus is $7.50 mail order for 500 ml. So if you dose once a week that bottle would last you 10 weeks. Cost would be 75¢ a week to dose Phosphorus.
  • Seachem Nitrogen is $7.50 mail order for 500 ml. So if you dose once a week that bottle will last you 16 weeks. Cost would be 47¢ a week to dose nitrates.
  • Total cost for one dose a week with Seachem $~2.75. Note there is no shipping factored in here and there are some rounding errors.
To dose the same tank with bulk nutrients.
  • Nitrates 2¢ a dose.
  • Phosphates .2¢ a dose. Note that is 5 doses for a penny.
  • Total cost for one dose a week with dry nutrients 6.2¢
Seachem products cost 44X as much per week. Note these prices do not include shipping charges and there are some rounding errors. So that pretty much settles that one.
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I agree, buying liquid ferts does take one more step out of it, but once you get started, there's so much you want to buy, I hate for somebody to spend their money on liquid ferts instead of, say, a pressurized co2 system or better lighting (or a $10 Turbotwist you...:rant2::hitting:....I'm only a little jealous I promise).
 
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