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what is root monster???
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If you like the way your tank look and the thought of 'tearing' down the tank is a big headache, I would suggest the use of root monster as Simon has mention. Just bury a 'corn' of root monster underneath the plants. It last quite long and growth will be noticeable within the 1st couple of weeks especially on plants like lotus. I experienced thicker stem while using it. For plants that spread by runner, there is another version of Root Monster which comes as loose 'ball bearing' size.
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what is root monster???
root monsters are looks like many tiny yellow pellets glued together. But infact, they are fertiliser that releases their content over a period of time. Good for rosette plants. Most common found in LFS is the Ocean Free Root Monster.
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When the fertilisers in the root monster are used up, will the 'root monster' still be in the substrate or it will be totally melted?
I just started to put root monster into my flourite and would like to find out whether I have to search for them when the replacement or replenishment time comes.
that I haven't encountered personally..
i have been inserting fertilizer sticks and i do see the improvement.
maybe i should just stick with this method and save the back breaking work of tearing and rebuilding the tank.
thomas liew
Or you could try deponit fert pellets - it did wonders for hairgrass and stemmed plant growth in the tank fronting biotope.
since we are discussing about base subtrate..
I got this question, do we need to mix fertilizer subtrate with gravels to use it? or should we just put a layer of gravel over it to use it?
I am thinking of using seachem flourite, no gravel needed for that right?
Just put a layer of gravel over the base fert layer. Some take a amount of gravel, mix it with the base fert, and then put an addtional layer of gravel over that. Maybe they don't want the unnatural look of two halfs of substrate when viewed from the side.
Seachem Flourite is a good choice ( I've been wanting it also) and I don't think it needs base fert, it's a gravel by itself. Correct me if I'm wrong.
the reason for the mixing of substrate fert and gravel is to prevent compression of the substrate fert. Once compacted by gravity, the roots cannot penetration through the layer
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