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	Sera's 'Florena' fertilizer
Fish On The Brains Hobbyist Posts: 141 Kudos: 126 Votes: 65 Registered: 04-Jan-2005	Just got back from a friends LFS and he gave me a bottle of Sera's 'Florena' plant fertilizer (nothing is free! It came with a price... doing some cabinet installing in his store) Has anyone tried this stuff before? And is it best to remove my active carbon filter? Thanks bala shark
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	I've never used that brand ferts, but IMO it's best to remove the carbon from a planted tank, especially one that's getting ferts added. ^_^ [hr width='40%']"There’s an emptiness inside her. And she’d do anything to fill it in. And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now. It's more like cold blue ice in her heart. She feels like kicking out all the windows. And setting fire to this life."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Fish On The Brains Hobbyist Posts: 141 Kudos: 126 Votes: 65 Registered: 04-Jan-2005	I just had an idea! I like the idea of the Penguin filters having the mechanical and carbon filtration together in one cartridge. And if I were to remove the whole unit I loose both. Removing just the active carbon would still allow me to filter mechanicaly... sound like an idea?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Thats what most people do . You can replace the carbon @any time that it might be necessary (removing meds for example). ^_^ [hr width='40%']"There’s an emptiness inside her. And she’d do anything to fill it in. And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now. It's more like cold blue ice in her heart. She feels like kicking out all the windows. And setting fire to this life."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	It's actually a great idea. You could also tear one of those filters apart and fit a sponge to the plastic frame. The sponge would then give you mechanical filtration and additional biological filtration without the cost of buying replacement filters. You could also add Efisubstrat to a bag and place it in the filter well to increase bio filtration... I think this post is heading to "Technical Tinkering"! __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Fish On The Brains Hobbyist Posts: 141 Kudos: 126 Votes: 65 Registered: 04-Jan-2005	Ahhh! Thanks for the ideas. I'm just wondering if I should wait a little while longer to take out the carbon... I just did my weekly water change about 4 hours ago, hopefully the aquaplus has done it's job along with the active carbon. The sponge idea sounds like it would be a definite benefit for the bacterial colony. But I've heard that a regular household sponge isn't the way to go for aquarium use, is that true? Maybe because of chemicals used in the manufacturing process. Thanks everyone
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Yes you can leave the carbon in for a bit. Some with planted tanks will run carbon for a few hours after water changes then jsut increase a bit the ammount of ferts added. Personally I havent been running carbon for awhile so I can't explain the process they may use. Household sponges aren't good in the tank. What you'll want to do is pick up filter sponges from your lfs, although IME the floss picks up more of the fine particles than the sponges do. Of course that also means that the floss sometimes requires more cleaning than sponges. ^_^ [hr width='40%']"There’s an emptiness inside her. And she’d do anything to fill it in. And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now. It's more like cold blue ice in her heart. She feels like kicking out all the windows. And setting fire to this life."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
plantbrain Big Fish Posts: 329 Kudos: 226 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Sera is a decent product, cost more than SeaChem and TMG but it good. Regards, Tom Barr
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Fish On The Brains Hobbyist Posts: 141 Kudos: 126 Votes: 65 Registered: 04-Jan-2005	Well, I removed the plastic meshing from the back of the filter cartridge, and dumped out all of the carbon. Rinsed, reinstalled, and dosed with Florena ferts. Let's see how things go now! bala shark
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42


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