Seachem Flourish
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I stopped using mine, I used to put it in my heavily planted 55 gallon every 2-3 weeks, but everytime I did that it would create brown algae on the class and thermometers. I think its because there were enough nutrients in the tank from the eco-complete substrate and fish poo. But you always can try it out, I've heard from other people that it does help the plants grow.
Yeah, I use it twice a week in my rcs tank. Noticeably increased rate of growth and size! I also got brown algae on the glass, but that also happened in my other tanks which I don't use Flourish in...
it works but it can get expensive in the long run.
btw, brown alage is actually diatoms and usually the result of silicates.
btw, brown alage is actually diatoms and usually the result of silicates.
I believe the appropriate question here is "Does it actually work?" for what is the desired outcome (ie. keeping growing and healthy plants, reducing algae, etc)?
TR
No.
Flourish Copied from the Seachem Flourish page:
Flourish™ is a comprehensive plant supplement for the natural freshwater aquarium. It contains a rich assortment of important micro elements, trace elements and other nutrients. These include calcium, magnesium, iron and other important elements that have been shown to be beneficial to aquatic plants. For macro element (NPK) fertilization, use Flourish Nitrogen™, Flourish Phosphorus™ or Flourish Potassium™ as needed.
Flourish Excel Copied from the Seachem Flourish page:
Flourish Excel™ is a source of bioavailable organic carbon. All plants require a source of carbon. This is typically obtained from CO2, but, may also be derived from simple organic compounds (such as photosynthetic intermediates). Therefore, one can derive a substantial benefit with the use of Flourish Excel™ either alone or in conjunction with CO2 injection. Flourish Excel™ also has iron reducing properties which promote the ferrous state of iron (Fe+2), which is more easily utilized by plants than ferric iron (Fe+3). Flourish Excel™ is an integral component of Seachem’s plant products and is recommended for use with the entire Flourish™ line as well as our Flourite™ and Onyx Sand™ substrates. Contains no phosphate or nitrate
gatotsu77:
Please "be careful" with the following
Flourish Nitrogen™, Flourish Phosphorus™ or Flourish Potassium™ as well as Flourish Iron which is also marketed by Seachem.
I have been into "disaster handling" with plants and fish when using these products in accordance with their recommended dosage.
TR
I use Flourish, it is comprehensive. It does increase growth and health IMO. I suspect the disasters encountered in the previous post may be due to a lack of one or more nutrients and excess of others.?? This is easily done when dosing elements individually and not testing to see where levels are @. I would refer to the thread entitled "shoddy planted attempt", artdale does a great job of explaining the "limiting factor" theory. There is also useful info. on CO2 and Seachem's Excel there. As for the diatom algae, that just happens in any tank, I don't think the Flourish had anything to do with that. If you don't get some of this type of algae on the glass from time to time something is probably not right. You just need to clean the glass every once in a while. If it is out of control then your phosphates and silicates are probably too high, or you could again be lacking some element and the plants are therefore not using the phosphates like they should be. I would really read that other thread, artdale knows his stuff!!
--Tim
--Tim