Before beginning...
These recipes will be more effective if you use CO2 injection. If you dont, the results will be less effective but still very good.
Important data: those recipes dont have any nitrate, phosphates, wich promotes algae growth in many situations.
First , the potassium...
Dissolve 43 grams ( or 40 ml )of potassium suflate ( K2SO3 ) in 1 liter of water to make the main solution. From this mother solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) of water. This gives 1 ppm of potassium. For best results, potassium concentration should always be twice the amount of nitrate in the tank. You can find this product in every places where they sell plants and trees ..
Chelated oligo-elements
Dissolve 68 grams ( or 85 ml ) of chelated oligo-elements in 1 liter of water to make the mother solution. ( I use the product brand Plant-Prood, iron 7%, manganese 2%, zinc 2%, copper 0.1%, bore 1.3% , molybdène 0.06%, wich are all chelated, so safe for fishes and plants.. ) Another very important element for plants, often not present in commercial fertilizer is magnesium. I use epsom salt, sold in every drug store ( not perfumed of course ). I add 6 teaspoon of it in the solution to add magnesium too instead of adding it separatly. From this solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) once in a month, since it contains Iron...
Chelated Iron
Disolve 68 grams ( or 100 ml ) of chelated iron in 1 liter of water. ( Plant-prood also make a chelated iron product, concentration 7% ) From this solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) when you need it. Since iron has a lifetime depending from a lot of things ( phospate, ph , etc ), you should add it when you need it.
Another element that is very usefull is the root growth stimulating hormone called Stim-root. It helps plants making roots faster, thus increasing their speed of adaptation to a new tank. 1 little peas for 100 liters ( 25 gallons ) when you add new plants to the tank or every 2 month or so.
The last thing you need to have a very complete fertilizer is vitamins. They are essentials and often forgotten. I use the brand Vita-chem, by boyd ( you can found it in pet-shop ). I use 1 drop for every 4 liters every 2 weeks. It's a bi expensive, but it works great.
You can find all these products in gardening center, except for the vita chem...
Hope this helps
These recipes will be more effective if you use CO2 injection. If you dont, the results will be less effective but still very good.
Important data: those recipes dont have any nitrate, phosphates, wich promotes algae growth in many situations.
First , the potassium...
Dissolve 43 grams ( or 40 ml )of potassium suflate ( K2SO3 ) in 1 liter of water to make the main solution. From this mother solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) of water. This gives 1 ppm of potassium. For best results, potassium concentration should always be twice the amount of nitrate in the tank. You can find this product in every places where they sell plants and trees ..
Chelated oligo-elements
Dissolve 68 grams ( or 85 ml ) of chelated oligo-elements in 1 liter of water to make the mother solution. ( I use the product brand Plant-Prood, iron 7%, manganese 2%, zinc 2%, copper 0.1%, bore 1.3% , molybdène 0.06%, wich are all chelated, so safe for fishes and plants.. ) Another very important element for plants, often not present in commercial fertilizer is magnesium. I use epsom salt, sold in every drug store ( not perfumed of course ). I add 6 teaspoon of it in the solution to add magnesium too instead of adding it separatly. From this solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) once in a month, since it contains Iron...
Chelated Iron
Disolve 68 grams ( or 100 ml ) of chelated iron in 1 liter of water. ( Plant-prood also make a chelated iron product, concentration 7% ) From this solution, use 1 ml for every 20 liters ( 4 gallons ) when you need it. Since iron has a lifetime depending from a lot of things ( phospate, ph , etc ), you should add it when you need it.
Another element that is very usefull is the root growth stimulating hormone called Stim-root. It helps plants making roots faster, thus increasing their speed of adaptation to a new tank. 1 little peas for 100 liters ( 25 gallons ) when you add new plants to the tank or every 2 month or so.
The last thing you need to have a very complete fertilizer is vitamins. They are essentials and often forgotten. I use the brand Vita-chem, by boyd ( you can found it in pet-shop ). I use 1 drop for every 4 liters every 2 weeks. It's a bi expensive, but it works great.
You can find all these products in gardening center, except for the vita chem...
Hope this helps
