Without plants to consume the toxins, the mulm in the gravel pollutes the
tank. If the plants are consuming all of the toxins, then no pollution.
The problem would be if the plants were consuming only part of the toxins.
Keep an eye on your ammonia, nitrites and nitrates when that big cloud is in
the tank, LOL.
_____
From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of nonstopmom888
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:59 PM
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Best way to cycle a new tank? plant supplement
info?
Hi Ray,
it is great you found a way of answering/participating with less computer
trouble!
Thanks for the info about root tablets!
Yes, I used aquarium root tablets and maybe I did not push them deep enough
into the gravel. With all the plants in the gravel I do not vacuum the
gravel anymore which means a rather big cloud comes out whenever I disturb
the gravel. So I hardly change anything and probably added the tablets too
shallow (I will push them in deeper next time).
The water and fish seem great without the "vacuum cleaning" so I hope that
is ok and works for the tank also for a longer time ?! I do the same for our
second 10 G with same results for now.
I wonder: why is cleaning the gravel with the siphon usually recommended? Is
it important or an option and with plants less urgent?
Thanks again,
Nora
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.com> ,
sevenspringss@... wrote:
>
> Hi Nora,
>
> You haven't mentioned what kind of root tablet fertilizers you're using.
> I'm sure you know not to use root tablets designed for terrestrial/house
> plants. Then too, the various kinds/brands of aquarium root tab ferts may
have
> different ingredients and/or can react differently in the substrate, with
> some releasing nutrients into the water column. Sometimes this release is
> very dependent upon how you use the tablets -- how well you re-cover the
> substrate over the tabs after you push them down between the roots.
>
> Some root tab fertilizers will even release part of their ammonium content
> into the water column, resulting in a partial mini-cycle as bacteria will
> feed on it right in mid water. This may be the cloudiness you see. As the
> plants can't take up all of this suuden addition of fertilizers all at
once,
> you need to push the tablets down into the substrate a good distance.
> Chopping them in pieces is also a good idea rather than leaving them as a
whole
> tablet. Aquarium-designed "Plant-Tabs" are formulated quite well, and are
> safe for fish. I've never had nothing but good results wih them whenever
I've
> used them.
>
> I'm glad to hear, that you're glad to see more of me on here lately. As
> it's much more difficult for me to get up on the Home Page right now to
reply
> or post from there, I've decided to reply right to the Yahoogroup emails
> received at my email in-box. The major problem with this is that the
message
> I'm reply to doesn't appear under mine. The reader must first read the
> Subject Line to make sure to know which thread is being replied to. I have
to
> make sure to address everyone by name, at the start of my messages, so
that
> it's unmistakeable who I'm replying to (which I try to usually do anyway).
> The previous message may need to be gone back to though and read again, if
it
> gets difficult to follow what I'm replying to.
>
> Ray</HTML>
>
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