Re: Small tank - fast nitrate build up
- From: "jazz" <foxdefault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Feb 2006 13:54:18 -0800
Altum wrote:
jazz wrote:
Yes, if they contain ammonium or nitrate. Gravel fertilizers usually
leach into the water column a bit. It's not a problem in a large tank
but you've only got 6 gallons of water. Some packages tell you how many
tablets to use per gallon. I don't usually need gravel fertilizers in
small tanks.
Well, I'm using one called "The 7 Balls" by JBL. It doesn't have a
full contents list but describes the content as "all the nutrients
vital for aquatic plants, especially iron and trace elements". When I
bought it I asked the chap in the shop for fertilizer without phosphate
or nitrate, but the packaging is very unclear, at first glance it looks
like just iron and trace elements. There again, if they really contain
"_all_ nutrients vital for aquatic plants" then I'm guessing they must
have more than that in. I think I will remove them and see what
happens. The more I think about it the more it seems likely to be
this. I have a liquid fertilizer too which specifically says it has no
nitrates or phosphates, so I can use that for the plants.
By all accounts, the AP nitrate tests don't work. The test I use that
came with a standard is the Seachem Multitest Nitrite and Nitrate.
I have just looked this up - I can get it in the UK, so I think I will
invest.
Many thanks!
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