Greeting UKAPS members, its been a while since I posted anything in this Forum, I usually post at the TPT and been busy over there. after talking to several members it appear as there is a new trend to this Ca:Mg:K ratio, there is very little information or talk about this topic, maybe we can have a good discussion about it here.
Ca:Mg:K at 3:1:0.5 ratio is what some member seems to be using or being reported, how many people here are actually using this Ratio? is this ratio based on guess work or is there a science behind it? is it also tested with valid test kits to determine if these ratio are beneficial for plants? are these ratio tested in lab to insure more Mg is being used compared to K? same for Calcium as well.
I myself do several experiments, but I was curious about this one. I was also curious if these ratio are what suppose to work best for aquatic plants, then how come ADA, Tropica, Seachem aren't using these ratios? and they have much more resources to test or investigate into this kind of stuff.
Ca:Mg:K at 3:1:0.5 ratio is what some member seems to be using or being reported, how many people here are actually using this Ratio? is this ratio based on guess work or is there a science behind it? is it also tested with valid test kits to determine if these ratio are beneficial for plants? are these ratio tested in lab to insure more Mg is being used compared to K? same for Calcium as well.
I myself do several experiments, but I was curious about this one. I was also curious if these ratio are what suppose to work best for aquatic plants, then how come ADA, Tropica, Seachem aren't using these ratios? and they have much more resources to test or investigate into this kind of stuff.