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Originally Posted by Tom Barr
It's a non CO2 approach, that does not mean EI nor Excel.
You can use ADA if you want, but I think you'll have better results with an inert/relatively inert substrate since you are not doing water changes and your plant growth rates are slow.
Do not modify the method I suggested there, go to CO2/Excel methods, EI if you want faster growth.
Regards,
Tom Barr
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Thanks again Tom, I'm narrowing this down now. My mistake was mentioning EI, I was thinking of that as normal ferts, not the minimal amounts you are probably suggesting I dose 1-2x monthly. I'll look into what those should be, I thought maybe Flourish...I'll do some more reading.
Not doing water changes? I was going to hold off on them during the beginning as you suggested, but once stocked I imagine I will have to with a hopefully breeding shrimp colony.
I think I will go with Onyx as you suggest. Should I mix in the Black Diamond or put it down like peat?
And I may now have a source for some mulm to speed things along.
So it's safe to put fish in relatively soon since I will be starting with a heavy plant mass? I've just read the articles about planting heavy right away giving an almost immediate ability to stock.