Re: [AGA Member] iron testers

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Aw,it's probably from all that salt Christel found in your
tanks ;-)

But iron test be damned, do what makes the plants happy!

sh
--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> wrote:
> I'll see your case and raise you one:
> 
> I use half the recommended dosage of Flourish, otherwise
> I get green 
> spot algae. I use twice the recommended dosage of
> Flourish Iron (my 
> tanks have Flourite plus gravel). If I don't, my plants
> show iron 
> deficiency.
> 
> Cheryl Rogers
> Oak Point, TX
> 
> S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > Sure! Throw that in my face! ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > Otoh, if you dose a bit, say, with a good trace mix
> like
> > Flourish or TMG, then you know the tank always has some
> and
> > you don't need to test at all. Okay, I don't mean to be
> > flip.  Here's my case: My tap water is as clean as a
> new
> > baby's dreams -- pH 7.0, barely any carbonates), etc.
> So
> > all the iron in my tanks come from the Flourite or from
> the
> > trace mix. I haven't had iron deficiencies show up. 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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