Aquatic Plant CO2, fertilizer and/or plant food?

I have Vallisneria americana, Ludwigia repens and Bacopia Monneri in my tank now and will soon have some Philippine Java ferns and some petite Anubias. I am using API Leaf Zone and I bought but haven't used Flourish Excel yet b/c I was told that overdosing will melt the vallis? What are some suggestions on care for these plants? I was considering purchasing Flourish tabs.

Aquatic Plant CO2, fertilizer and/or plant food?
The biggest thing with Anubias and Java Ferns is to be careful not to bury the rhizome in the substrate. If you are not going to attach them to a rock or piece of wood, then just make sure that you only put the stringy root parts in the ground.





Flourish Tabs are good for the rooted plants, won't do anything for your Ludwigia or Moneywort tho. Only rooted plants benefit, stem plants get all their nutrition from the water column.





If you dose a tank that has Vals or Anacharis, you have to dose light - like half a dose of Excel. Some people say that over time, the Vals will build a tolerance to Excel.





Remember, Light drives the whole process, carbon is required in order to use nutrients. Plants will only use as much of the nutrients as the light and carbon permit. If you are using Excel, you have the carbon covered.





Be careful of dosing too much fertilizer tho - because when the plants don't use it, algae will.





The Javas and Anubias will do fine without any adding of anything - the fish will keep them well fed. But if they are getting more carbon from the Excel, and you are dosing the Micro's (Leaf Zone) you should see some very good growth.





Your only questionable at the point is the macro's. Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potassium. Generally in a tank with standard lighting and normal fish load, this usually isn't a problem.
Reply:how big is the tank?





if its 30 gallon or smaller have you tried this?








http://www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/buil...





it's cheaper and easier and very effective with the right diffusion......





ferts...just use trace and iron most of the time for great results..

wildflower