Just to clarify quickly, I would not recommend dosing all those things individually. That's why you should just use the Flourish: Comprehensive Supplement. Jones was correct to warn you about dosing the others ind. I have found the Flourish Root Tabs to help in conjunction, dep. on plants and substrate this may be unnecessary.
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Flourish (the micro mix) is commonly used in heavily planted tanks 3X a week via the EI method. Tropica Plant Nutrition has been said to be slightly better, but more costly and hard to come by. CSM+B is a dry powder micro mix that is often used as well, and is cheaper, but less effective than the others.
In a medium light tank with or without CO2 Flourish doesn't provide enough macro nutrients for the plants.
Bulk dry nutrients are the way to go. Also bulk dry nutrients are MUCH cheaper than buying bottled water.
Bulk dry nutrients are the way to go. Also bulk dry nutrients are MUCH cheaper than buying bottled water.
Folks:
My first reaction was to ask Rex about how much and where to get it.
Then I noticed his web site in his signature.
This has just gotta be one of the best web sites for plants which I have visited.
The following page will answer how much and where to get it.
http://www.rexgrigg.com/ferts.htm
TR
I cant REALLY say if its the floursh, or the excel, or the potassum or the nitrogen or a combination of all of them but since dosing ferts iv been getting faster growth and healther plants. Granted i have to clean the glass ALOT more now because of the large ammounts of spot algea.
Without knowing the spicifics, typically GSA (green spot algae) is due to insufficient phosphates. Which since you mentioned your dosing everything but phosphate, makes some sense. It should be no suprise that plants need NPK to grow, and of course light and CO2 (or carbon of one form or another).
