Hi Nuno and Claire,
just one word: fantastic!
Your plant's are super, why did you changed your fertilization?
My R. Rotundifolia always turn green when i change something in the tank, but shortly become pink (the top new leaves) again.
Cheers,
tiago
Hi Tiago,
Good hearing from you how's everything there ??
Thank you for your words, It's getting there day by day ...
As for ferts I haven't changed yet, I will make an order the coming week or so if you want some ''Bucephalandras'' give me a call maybe we can share posting costs, I've been reading a lot and always searching ways to develop my ferts regime further ...
Once you have light and Co2 figured out , it's time to play with the ferts
As you know I try to do my ferts mixing according to EI levels, but I also like to give for example Nitrogen from different sources
, and supplementing my regime with Ca and Mg and so one ...
So this led me thinking and reading a lot more about Fe and Traces, I've subscribed for Barr's Report member area, and ''There's a whole new world out there''
So I think that different plant species might use more successfully different types of Fe and Traces and just maybe that Iron chelators have a role here to ...
The one that I'm using for the last years is EDTA Fe 13% - TNC Trace (Fe 8.4% (EDTA), Mn 1.82% (EDTA), Zn 1.16% (EDTA), B 1.05%, Cu 0.23% (EDTA), Mo 0.15%)
The new Trace/Iron Mix that I want to try has:
potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, boron, molybdenum, cobalt, lithium, vanadium, aluminium, nickel, selenium, tin, and Iron from different chelators EDTA, HEEDTA, DTPA, NTA,
As you can see it's very complete in terms of trace elements, and has 4 different Iron chelators/sources ...
I'll keep the Fe levels the same but it will be highly supplemented with other sources and specially other traces that were out of the equation
aiming for 0.2ppm Fe daily as until now .
I hope that the red's will pop out this way ... If not it will be just other experience, and will have that for the record ...
I was hopping for some debate/opinions about this here on UKAPS