anti
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Post by anti on Jun 22, 2015 9:51:23 GMT -5
Hey Devon or Carl, I am one step closer to the finished product and was wondering which flourite would be better for plants. I noticed that Flourite Red has more ingredients in just about every category than black, particularly iron, but yet the difference between the two in calcium is stark. I dont want to find myself with some kind of uncontrollable algae problem. My plan initially was to get Flourite Red and Flourite Excel for dosing. I will probably have about 10 low light plants max.
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Post by parker002 on Jun 22, 2015 11:25:39 GMT -5
I've used both black and red. I honestly haven't noticed a difference in plant growth at all.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 22, 2015 11:47:06 GMT -5
If you knew you were going with plants, which required more iron (red plants) you could go with more iron. I've kept plenty of reds in the black fluorite though and know people keep reds in like dirted tanks and then just dose iron. I would think it preference on what color substrate you want.
You will not have an algae problem from these ferts in the fluorite. Algae comes more from poor maintenance for what method you are using to keep the plants.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 22, 2015 11:49:42 GMT -5
The red also has more potassium as well. I know the planted tanks guys who are packing their tanks with a bunch of different plants dose potassium. So having it in the substrate is a plus. Your plants will grow in either for sure.
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Post by anti on Jun 22, 2015 13:56:25 GMT -5
thks good enough for me. not going too exotic. no "red" plants are intentiLly used. besides the footprint where im going to most of them is very small. prob 17 x 11 in oval. some ofher plants included will not need soil
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Post by parker002 on Jun 22, 2015 15:41:07 GMT -5
I have red crypts in my tank using Fluorite Black. They're healthy and the leaves are pretty red.
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