Far As I Can Tell pH Remains The Key...
barbarossa4122;60265 said:
I wonder how does Tropica make their all in one solution, the Plant Nutrition+ ? How do they manage to mix phosphates with Iron ?
Hi All,
My reference was not to the water column or goldfish or anything else.
I was referring to the stock solution that I thought was the subject being discussed.
I
thought the question (sic) “I wonder how does Tropica make their all in one solution, the Plant Nutrition+ ? How do they manage to mix phosphates with Iron ?” had been asked.
My (meager) understanding is/was that the reason we have problems with all-in-one solutions is that Phosphates tend to precipitate the iron III out of solution.
My best guess is/was that keeping the iron complexed is/was the problem. It seemed from things I have read that Tropica managed this “trick” via the use of “stabilizers” to keep the pH at or below 6.0.
I guess I
assumed they used phosphate buffers to regulate the pH, I really had not given it much thought, I am happy with my methods that involve separating the doses.
I thought I read the above question and did a little looking around. Then I saw James’s Tropica all-in-one knockoff.
James site is one of my favorites I have always found the information to be accurate and though I have never tried the Tropica all-in-one myself, it looks as
Tug said, pretty straight forward.
I thought
if someone wanted to do an all-in-one stock solution this
might be a good idea, easy enough to try.
Glutaraldehyde as preservative will raise the pH, Ascorbic acid will lower the pH
If anyone cares for my opinion on goldfish and pH, ask me or start a thread. (Hint my opinion has more to do with KH and GH then pH, but pH is there.) (KH… Gh… pH, Oh-My!)
The LoudCreatureWhatSharesMySpace have rather successfully bred and raised Goldfish for over 20 years, I think we kept them long before that. The LoudCreatureWhatSharesMySpace really likes the goldfish/carp.
Showing a video of now dead fish and saying the method is great… Well…
Biollante