Hi!
Well I (finally!) bought flourish tabs this weekend. I haven't put them into my tank just yet, because when I was at Petsmart, I noticed a bag of Flourite (I think that's what it's called... looks almost like large grained black dirt?). It was $24.99 for this bag, looked like 10lbs, and I didn't purchase it because the girl said they DO make smaller bags, but the store was out of stock, and since I only have a 29 gallon w/ 2 sword plants (right next to each other) I can get away w/ a smaller bag.
Anyway, my few questions!
1 ~ Flourish Tabs: Len or someone else had previously mentioned something about cutting them in half. I have 2 sword plants, as I said, one a bit larger than the other. The larger one is in a pot, which is in the gravel, the smaller one is just in the gravel. The roots are growing like mad in both of the plants! But I'm wondering if I should take the larger one out of the pot, in order for it to get the nutrients from the tabs? Should I cut, say, 2 tabs into 2 pieces each, and put them one on each side of each of the plants?
2 ~ Flourite (or something called something like flourite!) substrate: Would it be beneficial to get a small bag of this stuff, to bury the roots of the plants into (I'd probably put it in the left back/mid half of my tank, and then put gravel on top). This thread shows you where my plants are... so the new substrate would go in that area only (until I decide to add more plants, and/or have money to buy another bag to cover the rest of the tank).
3 ~ I was using another fertilizer called Plant Gro (see this thread post #8 for details. I used the last bit of it this weekend. Now that I have the flourish tabs, is it beneficial to use this Plant Gro as well?
Hmmm, that's all I can think of ... thanks in advance!!!
~Tara
Well I (finally!) bought flourish tabs this weekend. I haven't put them into my tank just yet, because when I was at Petsmart, I noticed a bag of Flourite (I think that's what it's called... looks almost like large grained black dirt?). It was $24.99 for this bag, looked like 10lbs, and I didn't purchase it because the girl said they DO make smaller bags, but the store was out of stock, and since I only have a 29 gallon w/ 2 sword plants (right next to each other) I can get away w/ a smaller bag.
Anyway, my few questions!
1 ~ Flourish Tabs: Len or someone else had previously mentioned something about cutting them in half. I have 2 sword plants, as I said, one a bit larger than the other. The larger one is in a pot, which is in the gravel, the smaller one is just in the gravel. The roots are growing like mad in both of the plants! But I'm wondering if I should take the larger one out of the pot, in order for it to get the nutrients from the tabs? Should I cut, say, 2 tabs into 2 pieces each, and put them one on each side of each of the plants?
2 ~ Flourite (or something called something like flourite!) substrate: Would it be beneficial to get a small bag of this stuff, to bury the roots of the plants into (I'd probably put it in the left back/mid half of my tank, and then put gravel on top). This thread shows you where my plants are... so the new substrate would go in that area only (until I decide to add more plants, and/or have money to buy another bag to cover the rest of the tank).
3 ~ I was using another fertilizer called Plant Gro (see this thread post #8 for details. I used the last bit of it this weekend. Now that I have the flourish tabs, is it beneficial to use this Plant Gro as well?
Hmmm, that's all I can think of ... thanks in advance!!!
~Tara
) Do you think I should take the large sword out of the little pot that it's in, or is that unnecessary?
