Liquid fertiliser

HI I'm quite new to keeping planted tanks and I am only growing fairly easy plants like Amazon swords,vallisneria gigantia,ludwigia mullertiI and cryptocoryne wendtiI and all as far as I can see are rooting plants. My question is do I need to continue to put rooting tabs and liquid fertilisers in the tank or can I do away with the liquid fertiliser and use just the rooting tabs?

 

If you dose macro and micro nutrients in liquid form then you don't need to bother with root tabs.

Heavy root feeders originate in streams , so the big roots are more for anchoring them selves to the substrate then absorbing nutrients.

But all aquatic plants have the ability to feed directly out of he water column

 

If you dose macro and micro nutrients in liquid form then you don't need to bother with root tabs.

Heavy root feeders originate in streams , so the big roots are more for anchoring them selves to the substrate then absorbing nutrients.

But all aquatic plants have the ability to feed directly out of the water column

 

So I am fine the way I am doing it then I'm using seachem flurish excel and flurish comprehensive and I am putting the root tabs in the between 2 plants I don't know what they are though they came with the plants when I ordered them online

 

Flourish comp is mostly trace elements which doesn't need to be dosed in high amounts.

You need macro nutrients (NPK) which should be dosed in higher amounts.

 

So what would be the best but most cost effective to buy ?

 

Dry ferts. Check out green leaf aquarium dry ferts.

You will use the EI dosing method where you are overdosing all the nutrients plants need.

People tend to think that it's only for high tech setups but that's also a myth. This method is just as effective in low tech setups the only difference is that you will dose in smaller amounts.

Excess nutrients don't produce algae. When plants aren't healthy or struggling to grow because they are lacking something, that's when algae will strike.

This method makes sure the plant gets every nutrient it needs. Also for you it could last up to 1-2 years(pretty cost effective).

With excel as a carbon source I'm sure you will get good growth

 

I am in the uk and it says they don't ship to the uk so I have found a uk site what sells them I don't need the micronutrients though do I if I'm putting excel and comprehensive in ?