GinnyFinny
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I have purchased all my plants from Aquarium Co-Op since I started my first 20-gallon long tank in February. 4 out of 6 have died off since then, probably due to my errors in fertilizing (for sure!). I keep buying more plants. The rhizome plants definitely does the best. But the ones remaining, other than the rhizome plants are a bit sad looking, to where I need to but them off at the base, or completely remove them. Some (not many) are flourishing. I can't identify the two plants (used to be four) that I've given up on and just taken out of the tank. None were cheapies - I've bought everything from Aquarium Co-Op in Edmonds where I live. (Have I talked to Cory - NO!) He's a busy man. Through my own research, I've added Flourish Excel daily, besides the weekly dosing of Flourish and occasional dosing of Flourish tabs to several plants. 3 weeks of the Excel and I still haven't noticed any change - yet. But. this is a low-light, slow growing tank, so I don't expect miracles overnight. I must say that my fish are happy as hell, though!
I bought Flourish Iron on the off chance that I may need to use it one day (sad-looking, some holes, etc. in plants). I haven't used it yet.
Sadly (because I'm an ignoramous when it comes to downloading pics), I'm not able to upload photos of my aquarium to show you the problem, so my main question is: can I dose a little less then required with Flourish Iron to see if certain plants improve? In my case, in a 20 gallon (but only 18 gallons with sand) I would dose 1.25 ml of Flourish Iron, unless one of you says "whoa, not that much!"
All the plants are from Aquarium-Co-Op, including the ones I purchased early on in my start-up of this tank (several that died early one - probably my fault). The use of Flourish and Flourish Excel have greatly increased the health of the remaining plants. I have this bottle of Flourish Iron that I'm tempted to use for the unknown remaining plants that appear to be deficient because of either their lack of color, tiny holes, or just slowing dying.
Without photos and more details, anyone have experience with Flourish Iron on plants that look kind of sad and/or need yanking from the tank?
I bought Flourish Iron on the off chance that I may need to use it one day (sad-looking, some holes, etc. in plants). I haven't used it yet.
Sadly (because I'm an ignoramous when it comes to downloading pics), I'm not able to upload photos of my aquarium to show you the problem, so my main question is: can I dose a little less then required with Flourish Iron to see if certain plants improve? In my case, in a 20 gallon (but only 18 gallons with sand) I would dose 1.25 ml of Flourish Iron, unless one of you says "whoa, not that much!"
All the plants are from Aquarium-Co-Op, including the ones I purchased early on in my start-up of this tank (several that died early one - probably my fault). The use of Flourish and Flourish Excel have greatly increased the health of the remaining plants. I have this bottle of Flourish Iron that I'm tempted to use for the unknown remaining plants that appear to be deficient because of either their lack of color, tiny holes, or just slowing dying.
Without photos and more details, anyone have experience with Flourish Iron on plants that look kind of sad and/or need yanking from the tank?