Hi all.
I want to run some liquid fertilizers in my new nano tank at the office to give the plants a boost. I have red rotala, dwarf chain sword, a larger sword and anubias, with "Aquasoil" substrate. I'm currently dosing with Excel but that is all.I'm also running the stock LED lights which are supposed to be quite good for plants.
Does anyone have experience with products such as Flourish, Trace and Iron in tanks containing shrimp, and whether the copper concentration with normal dosing is tolerable for them or not.
I currently just have a betta in the tank but will soon introduce some inverts. I have read some various opinions about liquid ferts and toxicity due to the copper content but there seem to be conflicting opinions. Does anyone have experience using products like Flourish and Trace with tanks containing shrimp? Would normal dosing levels have a tolerable level of copper, and/or should I consider tabs in the substrate?
Thanks everyone,
Hannah
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Shrimp-Safe Ferts?
Started by Mononoke, Mar 26 2014 05:32 PM
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Mononoke
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 05:32 PM
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Westie
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 06:19 PM
I used seachem flourish and the API leaf zone with shrimp back when I was keeping them.
I only dosed 50% of the dose rate, but plants and shrimp were happy enough
I only dosed 50% of the dose rate, but plants and shrimp were happy enough
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tunagirll
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 10:22 PM
I'm currently dosing EI regime with both CRS and native shrimp no problem at all.
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Mononoke
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Posted 27 March 2014 - 10:13 AM
Great responses, thanks. I have a mix as well... Rilis, a couple of Darwin Long-Noses and some Chameleons. I'll start at half-dose and just make sure all is well with them. If the plants seem to need more food I will up the dose slowly.
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Naraic
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Posted 27 March 2014 - 01:59 PM
It requires a hell of a lot of CuSO4 to knock over invertebrates, well over 2PPM, I have even read that it can take as much as 4PPM before ill effects can occur (old White Spot treatments generally contained high levels of copper as it does a number on external parasites which may have fuelled the myth or half truth).
So I wouldn't worry about premixed liquid fertilizers, all steam ahead for lush plants I say.
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