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Hi all, I'm planning my first 10 gallon planted tank, and I have a question about how best to fertilize it. After looking at many threads about fertilizers using different methods and materials, I'm quite overwhelmed at all the variety, and I don't understand which method would work best for me. I plan to have the following plants:
Bacopa
Dwarf Hair Grass
Dwarf Sagittaria
Java Moss
Moneywort
Pennywort
The tank will also be stocked with some tetras, shrimp, etc, maybe a honey gourami or other showpiece fish. Lighting is 2 10W CFL bulbs in the tank's stock hood. For substrate, I plan on either doing an inert sand/gravel with root tabs, or MTS substrate with an inert cap. I might also end up doing DIY CO2.
My question is, given these plants, and this setup, what is a simple and cheap way (this is my first tank) to fertilize this setup effectively? Flourish/Excel/root tabs/etc? Are the root tabs even necessary if I do water column dosing? This is my first time, so any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Bacopa
Dwarf Hair Grass
Dwarf Sagittaria
Java Moss
Moneywort
Pennywort
The tank will also be stocked with some tetras, shrimp, etc, maybe a honey gourami or other showpiece fish. Lighting is 2 10W CFL bulbs in the tank's stock hood. For substrate, I plan on either doing an inert sand/gravel with root tabs, or MTS substrate with an inert cap. I might also end up doing DIY CO2.
My question is, given these plants, and this setup, what is a simple and cheap way (this is my first tank) to fertilize this setup effectively? Flourish/Excel/root tabs/etc? Are the root tabs even necessary if I do water column dosing? This is my first time, so any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!