[AquaticLife] Re: Best way to cycle a new tank? plant supplement info?

 

Hi Ray,

thank you very much! Fortunately I only have the green types. So I will skip the CO2 for now. As you said it did not seem to do much.

After I used the root tablet I could see a huge improvement but the water was cloudy for hours. Is that ok for the fish?
I probably will need to add root tablets in regular intervals to ensure the plant growth. Is there a negative side effect on the aquarium?

Thanks again,
Nora

P.S. I see a lot of messages from your account again, I am glad we have you back :) Could you get a new computer or is it working better again?

--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, sevenspringss@... wrote:
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> Hi Nora,
>
> If you just have the normal types of green aquatic plants, you probably
> don't need any kind of CO2 tablets. If you were to use them, you probably
> woudn't see much of an improvement -- unless perhaps you increased your lighting
> somewhat. But then, there are many normal (green) plants that don't
> appreciate more lighting. If you feel you must try a CO2 additive, use
> FlourishExcel -- provided you don't have Valisneria or Anacharis, Elodea -- and use it
> at normal dosage as recommended only. CO2 additions, either as gas
> injection or in a solid supplement is primarily meant for growing the reddish
> varieties of many aquatic plants, and lighting is increased for these plants at
> the same time. They don't have as much chlorophyll in their leaves -- or
> it's masked by the red -- and need the extra lighting and nutrition to thrive.
>
> Ray</HTML>
>

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