Ack! No iron!

outcast · 08-03-2009, 09:08 PM

Finally picked me up an Iron test, cost me $3.00 thx to petcetera goin out of business (thank god, means more business to the LFS!)

So i test, wait $30. and bam, not even a particle of iron. I think i may have screwed up with my substrate, i was led to believe it was the same as black flourite, but i guess its inert, otherwise i'd have some trace of iron despite the age of the tank. So now to solve the issue.

First, i'd like to enrich the substrate, i dont care if its a bit messy, easy enough to get a particle clumper and wait a few days for visibility, i'd just prefer to keep plants in. would love suggestions, even if it means ruining my marinade injector, lol.

Also i know i need chelated iron. So for both of these, where in Vancouver canada can i get them. :P

**bradac56** · 08-03-2009, 09:17 PM

Chelated Iron and GH Booster is all you need (well besides KNO3, KH2PO4, and Trace mix but you know that).

I use inert substrates all the time just for that fact, I get to add what I want when I want to without the substrate product dictating my fert regiment to me.

- Brad

**paulrw** · 08-03-2009, 11:49 PM

i use API leaf zone it contains chelated iron and potash its a bit pricey and I'm not sure its available in Canada eh!

outcast · 08-04-2009, 12:35 AM

guess i'll bug rex again for both of those :P

08-03-2009, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
outcast Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 177	Ack! No iron! Finally picked me up an Iron test, cost me $3.00 thx to petcetera goin out of business (thank god, means more business to the LFS!) So i test, wait $30. and bam, not even a particle of iron. I think i may have screwed up with my substrate, i was led to believe it was the same as black flourite, but i guess its inert, otherwise i'd have some trace of iron despite the age of the tank. So now to solve the issue. First, i'd like to enrich the substrate, i dont care if its a bit messy, easy enough to get a particle clumper and wait a few days for visibility, i'd just prefer to keep plants in. would love suggestions, even if it means ruining my marinade injector, lol. Also i know i need chelated iron. So for both of these, where in Vancouver canada can i get them. :P __________________ Filstar pimp #116! 1st planted tank: 10 gallon tank (old and gone) 2nd planted tank: 10 gallon tank revised

08-03-2009, 09:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
bradac56 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 1,003	Chelated Iron and GH Booster is all you need (well besides KNO3, KH2PO4, and Trace mix but you know that). I use inert substrates all the time just for that fact, I get to add what I want when I want to without the substrate product dictating my fert regiment to me. - Brad __________________ Proud member of the Heart of America Aquarium Society and the International Betta Congress VICTOR PIMP #58 - VTS-253A-320 x2, VTS-253D-320, VTS-253A-1993-320.

08-04-2009, 12:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
outcast Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 177	guess i'll bug rex again for both of those :P __________________ Filstar pimp #116! 1st planted tank: 10 gallon tank (old and gone) 2nd planted tank: 10 gallon tank revised

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08-03-2009, 11:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
paulrw Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: myrtle beach,sc Posts: 261	i use API leaf zone it contains chelated iron and potash its a bit pricey and I'm not sure its available in Canada eh!

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