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	HUGE lace java fern and a question.
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	Hello all, first i will start with a question. When you are starting up a planted tank, when should you add the first fertilizer, 3weeks, 4 weeks? I never really learned this bit of info when i started up my 1st tank, i added nutrients from day 1 and had major black beard algae problems. Yesterday, while i was at my local petco i found and bought a huge lace java fern for $9.99. Was this a good deal, it had 29 leaves and an 8 inch rhizome. It was 11&1/2 in. tall and 8 in. wide with dozens of reproduction spots. It was also attached to a small piece of driftwood.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	clownloachfan I was using a measured amount for my tank which was 2.5 ml every day. I had a small a algea problem, now I add 2.5ml at the water change and 2.5ml mid week. I am not having the algea like I had previously. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	If it's just the java fern in that tank I wouldn't be adding ferts unless you're noticing that it has signs of needing additional nurishment. I've always been an under-ferting person, I'd rather have slower growth than an algae issue.... ^_^ Current [link=Contest Rules]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Aquascaping/44382.html?200412022138" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link][/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	I was asking when to add fertilizer, not how much. I suppose i will wait till the cycle is over. I do have more plants then just the lace java fern, here is the complete list- -1 bunch of Ancharis -1 bunch of unidentified stem plant -1 bunch of some type of ludwigia which is probably on its way out -2 anubias lanceolata -1 java fern -1 lace java fern.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I wouldn't bother. Most of your plants are slow growing, e to algal invasion. Ferts will just cause uneccesary trouble. If you want your plants to grow faster, try CO2 and medium wattage. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 27-Dec-2004 12:05
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	i don't use fertilizer in my tank, save for the occasional sechem iron i occasionally put in the tank. speaking of which, i should do that soon... My point behind not fertilising is that I don't actually have a filter on my tank, because the plants are my form of filtration. Both my husband and I are low-tech kind of people, so we try not to add supplements to the water unless necessary.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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