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#1 ·
What is the best fertilizer for my plants. I have anubias, several wisteria stalks, and a melon sword( i thought ot was an amazon sword but its leaf structure is that of a melon sword i dont know if that will make a difference.) Im also looking of a brazilian pennywort plant anyone selling or giving away. None of my LFS carry it Im also planing on spliting my anubias soon since they doubled in size since i purchased them nearly 3 or so months ago.
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#2 ·
unless you know what nutrients you have out of the tap, the best (in my opinion) general all purpose liquid fert is seachem's flourish comprehensive. Then, depending on if you are still lacking nutrients in different categories, the other flourish ferts could supplement such as trace, iron, etc.
 
#4 · (Edited)
Well my tap water is parameter are as follows

Ph=7
Ammonia = 0
nitrate and nitrite = 0
idk the exact numbers but my water is very very soft.

My tank is nearly if not fully stocked. I think I may be a little over but I do regular water changes of about 20% or so.
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#7 ·
oops, I mean the ph of your tank water. The difference in ph from tap to tank will tell us a little about your alkalinity. If the Ph is dramatically lower in your tank, it will indicate a low Kh. If its the same, a high kh.
 
#9 ·
well thats good news. It isnt THAT soft :lol: I have trouble trying to grow swords due to the lack of calcium in my water. So thats good news for you, sir. I still like the flourish comprehensive, if you have any heavy root feeders, give them a seachem flourish root tab. That should do fine. After 6 or 8 weeks, take another look at the plants for potential short comings with their nutrients.
 
#10 ·
They all look fine as of right now. Except my anubias has brown algea on it but my oto's are changing that. I was just wondering since I plan on getting another sword and if I can find it, brazilian pennywort, which I still can't find anywhere around here. Is anyone selling or giving away clippings near pittsburgh or is willing to ship? Anyway thanks you all have been very helpful.
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#12 ·
I agree that from the info you are best with Flourish Comprehensive Supplement. Another near-identical product is Brightwell Aquatics' FlorinMulti.

Substrate fertilizer (the Flourish Tabs mentioned) will help large swords, one next to each, but this is not necessary. I use them because I have extremely soft water and using the tabs allows me to get by with one dose weekly of Flourish Comp rather than 2. [In addition I also have to dose calcium/magnesium, that's another story.]

The brown on the Anubias is likely diatoms, common in new tanks (during the first 2-3 months). Otos will ravenously eat it.

Byron.
 
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