Could I use iron pills(NatureMade brand) as root tabs. They are 65 mg and have Ferrous Sulfate, Cellulose Gel, Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Croscarmellose Sodium, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Titanium Dioxide (artificial color), Magnesium Stearate, Polyethylene Glycol, Triethyl Citrate, Polysorbate 80, Sodium Citrate as the ingredients. Would any of this be toxic to fish? I can't exactly experiment with this as I would need another tank and the budget doesn't allow it right now. I do have access to the pills and feeder guppies, and A LOT of anacharis as test subjects. Can I do it in a soda bottle(rinsed out)? It would be 2 liters. I would only get one or two guppies and they would be at the right temperature. I would also feed them, of course. Please respond!

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10 gallon tank: 2 Tetra Whisper PF10 filters, mixed substrate, 1 male molly, 1 female platy,1 pregnant platy, 4 platy fry, 4 zebra danios
15 gallon tank: beaslbob build, peat moss substrate, pool sand substrate, 4 zebra danios, 10 neon tetras, 8 harlequin rasboras, 11 ghost shrimp, planted with: hornwort, anacharis, wisteria

If you take one and put it in water and it takes 2-3 months to completely dissolve, maybe. Otherwise, I'd say not advisable. Root tabs do take some time to completely dissolve.

I use ferris gluconate dissolved in a 12-20oz coke bottle and add a capful each week.


I also use peat moss in the substrate and add no ferts.

I suspect all those things in your pills being added would at best make little difference and at worse could degarde tank conditions.

I would just let the fish and plants balance out and stabilize each other.

But that's just my .02

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

Ok, beaslbob. Thanks!

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10 gallon tank: 2 Tetra Whisper PF10 filters, mixed substrate, 1 male molly, 1 female platy,1 pregnant platy, 4 platy fry, 4 zebra danios
15 gallon tank: beaslbob build, peat moss substrate, pool sand substrate, 4 zebra danios, 10 neon tetras, 8 harlequin rasboras, 11 ghost shrimp, planted with: hornwort, anacharis, wisteria