Self Medication

If my tank were a child or pet, a doctor would probably recommend against this, but while I was at the local superstore today, I sauntered through the vitamins and supplements aisle and spotted a number of calcium products. Still thinking a calcium deficieny might be leading to some of the sporadic, crappy new growth I spotted, I tossed around the idea of getting something to drop in my tank. The bottles didn't all list ingredients (at least not explicitly), but calcium is calcium, right?

In fact, I saw a couple bottles that both listed their calcium as calcium carbonate, which is exactly would I would be getting from a Greg Watson calcium fertilizer. I ended up settling on a Nature Made supplement that had magnesium and zinc in it, which I need to add, anyway.

I also bought some Flourish root tabs to push into the substate and help compensate for the lack of water column fertiliizer while I'm on vacation. They might even provide some stuff I've been negected to add with my Watson ferts.