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I’ve been on this forum for a while, and just lately, I’ve noticed more and more new people that are coming in with the exact same question. I think it’s awesome that there are new people in the hobby, and when you’re new, you may not know what to search for to get the info you need. Just as a general rule to all of the new people on this forum:
Seachem Fourish Comprehensive is not a complete tank fertilizer. It only provides your Micronutrients, and a very small amount of Nitrogen.
There are dozens of posts with this exact same problem:
“I have algae that isn’t going away”
“What are you dosing for fertilizer?”
“Seachem Flourish”
“That’s not a complete fertilizer. You need Macros too”
“But it says ‘comprehensive’”
Here’s the bottom line, folks. Your plants need both Macronutrients and Micronutrients to survive. Your Macronutrients are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK). Your micronutrients are a huge long list that almost always come as a mixture. I’m not going to use this post as a megathread to explain all of the different methods and intricacies of fertilizer dosing regiments, but they’re a simple google search away. To get you started, start researching EI Dosing and PPS-Pro dosing. This should send you down the rabbit hole that you need to be in to fully appreciate what it takes to run a big beautiful tank like you see from a lot of folks here.
*exits soapbox*
Seachem Fourish Comprehensive is not a complete tank fertilizer. It only provides your Micronutrients, and a very small amount of Nitrogen.
There are dozens of posts with this exact same problem:
“I have algae that isn’t going away”
“What are you dosing for fertilizer?”
“Seachem Flourish”
“That’s not a complete fertilizer. You need Macros too”
“But it says ‘comprehensive’”
Here’s the bottom line, folks. Your plants need both Macronutrients and Micronutrients to survive. Your Macronutrients are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK). Your micronutrients are a huge long list that almost always come as a mixture. I’m not going to use this post as a megathread to explain all of the different methods and intricacies of fertilizer dosing regiments, but they’re a simple google search away. To get you started, start researching EI Dosing and PPS-Pro dosing. This should send you down the rabbit hole that you need to be in to fully appreciate what it takes to run a big beautiful tank like you see from a lot of folks here.
*exits soapbox*