stimpy29 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ok , dont shoot me for this , just a query i was in mitre 10 the other day and saw some liquid ferts for plants would this be ok for my tank? it did have the %s of the trace elements on the bottle. could someone tell me what %s are good and what are bad hope this makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Short Answer: No Longer Answer: Hell no! Trouble is liquid ferts contain nitrates/phosphates which WILL (not may) cause an algae bloom and the tank will end up solid green (I tested it, its true!). I recommend Daltons Aquatic Mix, it goes underneath the gravel and is $9.99 for 10kg and you dont need much of it (make sure not to stir it up in the water though). Plants LOVE it, normally slow growing hairgrass is like a weed in my tank now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimpy29 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ok glad i didnt get it then , would it be ok for my daphnia tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Nope that's a different type of green water. I used some liquid fert ('Fish Emulsion') and put a few drops in a 80 litre rubbish bin, went green within a day or two and I thought 'woohoo' put some dapnia in, but they all died, then I learned about the difference between water that is green, and green-water. Shame really because my dapnia cultures eat more lettuce than we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 the other big problem with fertilisers it that they contain Nitrogen in NH3 and NH4 forms, which can be harmful to your fish. Not too sure about daphnia though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Yeah a lot of people mistake hair algae for green water (unicellular algae) - hair algae kills daphnia. They try to eat it and get stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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