Regarding fertilisation!

[Shaun-]

I'm having a 2ft tank. I'm currently using only LGA-Aqua and Micros. Are these two sufficient enough for my plant growths? I realized my tank is not doing that well. There are BBA on my christmas moss, green spot algaes on tank walls, and white long hairs tangling with my stem plants. Giving me some headache. Can u guys advise me what to do?

[geoffrey]

How's your CO2 levels. Are you sure they are ok? Do you have a pH and kH reading to determine the level? They should be at 20~30ppm. Get that right first.

Next, pour enough LushGro Aqua to give you 10ppm of NO3 for your tank per dose. Do that after a 50% water change, follow by 2~3 more doses between every alternate day. If you have PO4, add 1ppm together with your LGA.

Note that this dosage give you some surplus in Mg and K.

Lastly, you will still have to manually remove most of those algae before doing the correction otherwise it is futile. If your back permits, you may want to consider re-doing the tank. BTW, go easy on those panadol :P

[Shaun-]

How to determine the ppm of N03? My ph is 6.5 and kh is 4. That make up about 37.947 ppm. Where to get PO4?

[budak]

Have you tried reading the "Articles on Dosing" in the Aquatic FAQ? With Tom Barr's Estimative Index method, you only need to know your KH/pH levels. For fertiliser, do a search for Mallick.

[crusader]

bro. i got phosphates with me. PM me if interested