nickyc
Member
Please bear with me if you've just been answering my questions in the CO2 thread! I've recently traded up to a 180 litre tank and am now slowly (as money permits) upgrading its contents. The lights are in now and I've got a little Nutrafin CO2 on the go - and am plucking up the courage to get a pressurised system on the go.
So now to nutrients... I have to say I'm a bit confused. I know none of you rate test kits too much, but both my nitrates and phosphates are testing high, and yet my plants look as though they are in need of ferts - holes in leaves and that sort of thing.
I'm finding it a bit confusing I suppose - I expected that when I started the CO2 that the nitrates and phospates would drop - or that I'd have a bad algae outbreak, but neither have happened.
I ordered some Plant Nutrition + but haven't dosed for fear of kicking off the algae. What do you think is missing?!
Thanks as always in advance for advice
So now to nutrients... I have to say I'm a bit confused. I know none of you rate test kits too much, but both my nitrates and phosphates are testing high, and yet my plants look as though they are in need of ferts - holes in leaves and that sort of thing.
I'm finding it a bit confusing I suppose - I expected that when I started the CO2 that the nitrates and phospates would drop - or that I'd have a bad algae outbreak, but neither have happened.
I ordered some Plant Nutrition + but haven't dosed for fear of kicking off the algae. What do you think is missing?!
Thanks as always in advance for advice