I use both FlorinMulti and Excell. Moss is growing at a moderate pass using it. Have starrgrass growing without injecting Co2. It is a moderate hard plant that is suppose to need high light and I have medium light. I love the product. I buy it from LNT. Their shipping ranges from $0 to $3, so I have observed since May,2010.
Questions on Excel and FlorinMulti
I use Florin Multi; it says it provides the plant with 14 essential elements/
I owuld like to know if anyone else has used it with any success?
and how are the results off Excel
I owuld like to know if anyone else has used it with any success?
and how are the results off Excel
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Hi Dr-Greenthumb,
I was working with another hobbyist on a different forum that was having problems with plant growth. They were also using FlorinMulti; this is what I found:
I was working with another hobbyist on a different forum that was having problems with plant growth. They were also using FlorinMulti; this is what I found:
So I looked up the ingredients in the FlorinMulti Complete Multi-Nutrient with Iron and Iodine. Although it may be your CO2, it appears more likely that your fertilizer is your "limiting factor". Here are the ingredients:
Potassium - Protein synthesis, water and charge balance, enzyme activation.
Boron - Chlorophyll production, flowering, root growth, cell function.
Carbon - Required for all organic compounds.
Calcium - Cell wall stability and permeability, enzyme activation, cell response to stimuli.
Chlorine - Water and charge balance, photosynthesis.
Copper - Component of enzymes utilized in redox reactions that take place during photosynthesis.
Iron - Required for photosynthesis, component of enzymes utilized in redox reactions.
Magnesium - Component of chlorophyll, enzyme activation.
Manganese - Formation of amino acids, enzyme activation.
Molybdenum and Cobalt - Required for nitrate reduction.
Nickel - Enzyme activation, processing of nitrogenous material.
Sulfur - Component of proteins and the coenzymes that are involved with nutrient utilization and growth.
Zinc - Chlorophyll production, enzyme activation.
Although this fertilizer has a lot of the micro-nutrients needed for plant growth, it is missing two of the major ones.....nitrogen and phosphorus! It does have potassium, magnesium, and calcium. Although you may want to get the pressurized CO2, while researching what you want why not address the fert problem? It will be the least expensive and easiest to correct of the aquarium parameters and you should see results in a week or two. You could try using a more "Balanced" fertilizer like Seachem Flourish Comprehensive, or you could dose some Seachem Flourish Nitrogen and Seachem Flourish Phosphorus in conjunction with your current fertilizer...
Although this fertilizer has a lot of the micro-nutrients needed for plant growth, it is missing two of the major ones.....nitrogen and phosphorusHi Dr-Greenthumb,
I was working with another hobbyist on a different forum that was having problems with plant growth. They were also using FlorinMulti; this is what I found:
As to this comment. I have found that phosphorus is in fish food and the water. Nitrates I accidental increased by over feeding the fish. Nitrates went from 3 to 60
Hi Hilde,
Possibly where you live you have a consistent level of phosphorus (phosphates) in your water; where I live we have no phosphates at all. I also like a more consistent source of nitrogen (nitrates) (and actually all nutrients) for my plants and not to rely on my fish or overfeeding to provide the nitrogen for my plants. I would certainly look at possibly using the FlorinMulti Complete Multi-Nutrient with Iron and Iodine as a source of micro-nutrients.
Possibly where you live you have a consistent level of phosphorus (phosphates) in your water; where I live we have no phosphates at all. I also like a more consistent source of nitrogen (nitrates) (and actually all nutrients) for my plants and not to rely on my fish or overfeeding to provide the nitrogen for my plants. I would certainly look at possibly using the FlorinMulti Complete Multi-Nutrient with Iron and Iodine as a source of micro-nutrients.
Yeh, my water is treated with phosphates. I know this for tap water has ph of 8.4 and no gh or kh readings.Possibly where you live you have a consistent level of phosphorus (phosphates) in your water; where I live we have no phosphates at all.
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