Water conditioners & ferts

[Blinky]

This may be a silly question, but I'm curious - I bought a bottle of Tetra AquaSafe recently, because I'd run out of plain dechlorinator, and it was all the teeny LFS around the corner had. It mentions on the label that it 'detoxifies heavy metals', and I read somewhere that this isn't good in planted tanks because plants need certain metals. Does anyone know if plants are able to absorb these nutrients after they've been 'detoxified' by the conditioner?

 

[bluejay]

The bottle says organic chelating compounds. Wouldn't this mean it actually makes the metals available to plants? I think only amquel (w/o the +) contains just sodium methyl something that just detox chloramines and leave the metals alone. Even prime claims to remove heavy metals. so use amquel if you're worried.

 

[Blinky]

Thanks for the reply
I wasn't so much worried as curious, because of what I'd read. I imagine you're absolutely right.