What is the best commercially avaliable plant food in the UK ?

Thanks

I've tried a handful of different types of plant food in the last couple of 
years, but the Nutrafin Plant Gro that I'm currently feeding would appear to 
be producing the best results with regards to growth and general health of 
my various plants.

Either that, or I've eventually got the hang of this aquarium lark after 
half-a-dozen years!  ;-)

The best tip I can give you with regards to keeping plants is to kit the 
tank out with some form of CO2 system. I'm currently 5 months into using a 
Nutrafin Natural Plant System 
(http://www.hagen.com/uk/aquatic/basic/13-1.cfm) which cost me all of £15 at 
my LFS and all I can say is that the results since its introduction have 
been simply outstanding. I tried a few other (cheap) CO2 systems before this 
one but they were either too fiddly or simply didn't produce the goods. 
Other than regular tank maintenance, out of the many 100's of pounds that 
I've spent on my tank over the years, the 15 spent on this accessory would 
get my vote for having the best effect on the standard of life I can provide 
for my fish (which, IMHO, is what it's all about).

If you need me to provide any more info, please ask here in the newsgroup.

Regards,

Paul


"John Allen"  wrote in message 
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> What is the best commercially avaliable plant food in the UK ?
>
> Thanks
>
>

PABBY wrote:
> I've tried a handful of different types of plant food in the last couple of 
> years, but the Nutrafin Plant Gro that I'm currently feeding would appear to 
> be producing the best results with regards to growth and general health of 
> my various plants.
> 
> Either that, or I've eventually got the hang of this aquarium lark after 
> half-a-dozen years!  ;-)
> 
> The best tip I can give you with regards to keeping plants is to kit the 
> tank out with some form of CO2 system. I'm currently 5 months into using a 
> Nutrafin Natural Plant System 
> (http://www.hagen.com/uk/aquatic/basic/13-1.cfm) which cost me all of £15 at 
> my LFS and all I can say is that the results since its introduction have 
> been simply outstanding. I tried a few other (cheap) CO2 systems before this 
> one but they were either too fiddly or simply didn't produce the goods. 
> Other than regular tank maintenance, out of the many 100's of pounds that 
> I've spent on my tank over the years, the 15 spent on this accessory would 
> get my vote for having the best effect on the standard of life I can provide 
> for my fish (which, IMHO, is what it's all about).
> 
> If you need me to provide any more info, please ask here in the newsgroup.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> "John Allen"  wrote in message 
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>>What is the best commercially avaliable plant food in the UK ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
Like you I use the Nutrafin Plant Gro and it works for me. Unlike you I 
do not have CO2 systems on any of the tanks...the plants grow fine and 
apart from the "green spot" stuff on the front I have little problems in 
the "planted" tanks

Very little else on the market in the UK....I tried the Red Sea Plant 
substrate stuff which worked for a while, I've tried Laterite....what 
works best is the Nutrafin stuff....

JME

Gill

>>
> Like you I use the Nutrafin Plant Gro and it works for me. Unlike you I do 
> not have CO2 systems on any of the tanks...the plants grow fine and apart 
> from the "green spot" stuff on the front I have little problems in the 
> "planted" tanks
>
> Very little else on the market in the UK....I tried the Red Sea Plant 
> substrate stuff which worked for a while, I've tried Laterite....what 
> works best is the Nutrafin stuff....
>
> JME
>
> Gill

So far I've resisted usinga C02 system.
I find Seachem's Flourish to be very good.
http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Flourish.html

Peter

2pods wrote:
>>Like you I use the Nutrafin Plant Gro and it works for me. Unlike you I do 
>>not have CO2 systems on any of the tanks...the plants grow fine and apart 
>>from the "green spot" stuff on the front I have little problems in the 
>>"planted" tanks
>>
>>Very little else on the market in the UK....I tried the Red Sea Plant 
>>substrate stuff which worked for a while, I've tried Laterite....what 
>>works best is the Nutrafin stuff....
>>
>>JME
>>
>>Gill
> 
> 
> So far I've resisted usinga C02 system.
> I find Seachem's Flourish to be very good.
> http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Flourish.html
> 
> Peter
> 
> 

Thanks Peter,

Just off to the LFS so I'll have a dig around and see if they stock it...

Gill