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I just don't understand how in nature, plant thrive in condition where there's very low nitrate such as .1ppm and under very high light intensity. If we do this to our tank, we would have an algae farm. Someone explained to me that the reason is that as soon as plant take up the nutrients, it is immediately replenished because the body of water is infiniately bigger than our tank. This creates a very stable enviroment which plant likes.
Okay, so why doesn't it work for us? I've tried this with my 100 gallon tank by planting very very light. This in essence creates stablity because nutrient level will remain very constant. As you know, instead of lush growth I get the opposite. I don't get it, this is so confusing - somebody please enlighten me.
Another thing I don't get is why do we need to maintain such high nutrient level when plants in nature do fine with only .1ppm.
Okay, so why doesn't it work for us? I've tried this with my 100 gallon tank by planting very very light. This in essence creates stablity because nutrient level will remain very constant. As you know, instead of lush growth I get the opposite. I don't get it, this is so confusing - somebody please enlighten me.
Another thing I don't get is why do we need to maintain such high nutrient level when plants in nature do fine with only .1ppm.