How to feed your planted tank with liquid fertiliser!
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- I discuss how to feed your planted aquarium and aquatic plants with comprehensive all-in-one liquid fertilisers. Most live plant aquascapes will do much better with liquid fertilisers added.
Let me know what fertilisers you're using!
Tropica Specialised Nutrition - tropica.com/en...
Tropica Premium Nutrition - tropica.com/en...
EA Aquascaper Complete Liquid Plant Food - evolutionaqua....
thenutrientcom...
NicolG Thrive - www.nilocg.com...
Aquarium co-op Easy Green - www.aquariumco...
Dustin's Growth Juice - dustinsfishtan...
Dennis Wong's APT Complete - www.advancedpl...
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Fantastic. I’ve just realised that my one pump per week of tropica premium in 25l with 40-50% weekly water changes probably isn’t enough. I use aqua soil, root tabs but I guess having column feeder plants like hornwort and some others aren’t getting enough nutrients. Some are melting which I’m not sure is because they’re new or underfed. I will soon find out. I’m now going to do 2pumps per week and see how I go. I may increase it. Algae is a small problem but it’s mainly in the tank closest to the window. So that makes sense.
Fingers crossed the increase in nutrition does the trick!
Fabulous video.
Thanks so much 😄😄
this is one of those videos you can revisit periodically due to so much good information. thanks again.
I'm dosing TNC complete
0,35ml per day
for six days
(no dosing the water change day).
Nano 45**25*25cm, 20L of water column, low light, no co2.
Thank you George for your contents. I owe you a lot for your teachings.
I used to be a regular reader of PFK magazine and can remember your articles well, tbh that is the main reason for buying the magazine. I found your information extremely useful as a beginner to aquascaping. Now here I am watching your videos, relearning what I once knew after a long break from the hobby. Hats off pal good work
Thanks 😊
I’ve watched hundreds of videos let’s see how good he is
These are the videos I’ve been waiting for. Thank you George!
Best Aquarium video on UA-cam right now 👌🏿
Your Aquascaper 1200 is a joy to watch, and thank you for this very informative video. The fertilizer I use is the one you use a lot in your videos; the liquid Tropica Specialized Nutrition. I use 1 mL every two days for my Dennerle 30 L aquascape, with two 50 % water changes weekly. This tank is stocked with amano shrimp and pygmy corydoras, and is full of several species of anubias, bucephalandra (green and purple), microsorum pteropus, java moss rotala H'ra, banana plants, marsilea hirsuta, limnobium laevigatum, hygrophila siamensis 53B, and salvinia auriculata. It's like watching a jungle. I also use the same liquid fertilizer for my five liter planted vase, where I feed about 0,2 mL daily. The plants in there are hemianthus micranthemum, some rotala H'ra, and salvinia auriculata. This one gets a daily water change because it is only a few days old. My big goldfish tank is full of anubias but there is no need for fertilizers in that tank, obviously. I have watched many of your videos and picked up your recommendations to use in my own aquascape, and I am happy to report that there has never been any issues at all in the tank. Not a single algae spot anywhere to be seen. Happy days :D
Great to hear! Thanks for sharing 👍😊
Great video! I love the "back to basics" style videos. While the aquascaping vids show a broader scope of the process of aquascaping and maintenance, these videos give a lot of tips and pointers to the everyday life of the aquarium enthusiast.
Keep them coming!
Thanks 😊
Every since I ran into this channel and George.. Everytime I talk about my tank I talk with an Accent like George 😂😂😂😂😂 cheerio👍
DJ STICKX B 😂
😂👍
Funny thing, I'm American but pronounce all my plant names with George's accent. Nobody else uses scientific names so consistently!
Great video. There are a million and one ways to achieve success with plants. Hit that sweet spot balance and you're good to go.
Fantastic video George. It was you that first inspired me into starting planted tanks when you wrote articles for the Practical Fish keeping magazine which was and is still a wonderful resource for anybody coming into the hobby. Many thanks 🙏👍
I have a high energy 26 gal tank with high light and co2. It’s heavily planted with stems and various mosses ferns and Buce. I dose 4ml of Tropica Premium every day and an additional 2ml of Specialized every other day. I’ve noticed my plants are doing much better and growing well and showing their best colors. I am fairly well stocked with fish so I do a 25% water change mid week and a 75% deep clean on Sundays. I also use some floating plants
Sounds great!
One of the best videos on fertilizer. I never seen anyone talked in detail, and simple. Thanks!
Hello George,
Smashing good video full of very informative knowledge. I have been following your advise given in this video now for two months and my plants have exploded with lush healthy growth. By far this current tank I have is the most heavily planted tank I have ever had. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with all of us, it is highly appreciated. And also, wanted to thank you for your service to your country. I myself am a retired military member. Served in the Army and Navy. So I can relate to your sacrifices and challenges over the years. In the Army I was in Mechanized Infantry and in the Navy I was a diesel mechanic. Again thank you for sharing with us. And may God bless you always.
Very Respectfully,
Carlos A. González
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This has been informative since I've only been into planted tanks a couple of months.
Very very well explained! Great video and I can safely say I’ve learnt a lot and I definitely don’t dose enough. My ferts say 20Ml once a week. So like you mentioned they are almost essentially fasting or hungry for the rest of the week. Going to drop it to around 2Ml a day and see how it goes
Great gas pedal analogy George. Looking forward to your book. Thanks.
Brilliant! Best overview of how to effectively use liquid fertiliser I’ve seen! Thanks, George.
Thank you. I love the tutorial. I'm doing my first aquascape. I grow indoor philodendrons and aroids and much prefer liquid fertiliser in regular small doses to a rich soil. So I'm going the same route with my first aquascape since it's already my style with pot plants and moss poles. This was very affirming. Cheers.
So by overdosing we do not risk algae outburst? I find this quite interesting. I always felt that if i added too much my algae grew more
I think you missed the point here. He said giving plants plenty of nutrients so that they can maximize their growth AND reset the tank regularly by doing huge water changes
Excellent video. I’m having reasonable success in a low-tech heavily planted Oase 85 StyleLine using the German Dennerle all in one system, (V30, S7 & E15) including their Dosator , which delivers a study daily drip of the all in one fertiliser V30 via an osmotic membrane. FWIW I used only Tropica plants and followed there App’s instructions, which recommend 30% of water changes and cautious fertilisation in the first 90 days. (BTW Thanks for the disclaimer about your involvement with one of the AIO companies, as in some videos it can seem that you’re promoting this brand and approach, ahead of others. But maybe that’s my perception and not others.) Further videos on your low-tech set ups would be much appreciated.
Great Video George!
I’m newly back into the hobby, and set up a co2 injection tank. Started to notice plants not look too good, and algae starting. After watching this vid I realised I was under dosing the tank. After dosing everyday started to notice instant results, everything looking better!!!
Thanks, all the way from New Zealand.
I would love to see a video about your liquid fertilizer pump system! It would help a lot during long days at work, vacation etc! At this moment, I have no clue what I am going to do with my high tech planted tank while being away for a few days or even a week... Last time I traveled it caused lots of algae due to electrical problems so no I'm afraid to leave 😅
Love the video by the way! Super interesting and very educational! Thank you for sharing! 🥰
Incredibly useful video, thank you George.
Thank you for this incredibly well-timed video! I just finished planting my new aquarium and sat down to look up info on dosing the Tropica Premium Nutrition I ordered with my plants! 🌱
Great news!
Excellent video George. I have two low tech, 60l tanks and the nitrates sit around 20ppm. I never know whether to use ferts or not. This has really helped me make a decision.
Great video for ppl like me who just new to the aquarium plant thanks
Thanks George!! This helped a great deal. Keep going with topics for beginners.
Thanks Carol!
Love this video. Was looking all over for a more in-depth video on fertilization techniques. Thanks! Great tips
Glad to help!
I’m going with with Dennis Wong’s APT COMPLETE it’s the most affordable compared to other AIOs where I live and has good nutrient levels.
Yes have to agree. However kinda hard to get even in Singapore
@@danialroslan1531 alot of places selling it actually.
That was awesome. This should be a must see for anyone just getting started, so that they don’t make a lot of the mistakes that most of us have. I will be tweaking my fertilization routine as a result of this video.
Thanks Darryl!
Hey George I use the Aqua Rebell Fertilisers No3, Po4, K, and the Micro Basic Iron....all of them individually as my aquascape needs
I have a 50 gallon rimless aquarium. I have at this time a medium planted aquarium, (adding more soon). At this time I dose every four days, but as the plants grow larger and add more plants I will dose more often. I have been using "Easy Green" from Aquarium Co-Op, also their root tabs. Doing a 20% water change once a week for now.
Thanks George. This is a great format. Looking forward to your video on dealing with different types of unwanted algae. Just off to get some plant ferts.
I also use an all-in-one fertilizer, Colombo Flora Grow Pro (weekly dosage). For me, this fert works in both low- and high-tech tanks. That is a huge advantage and I save a lot of money by that because I have a 951-liter capacity fishroom filled with tanks ranging from nano to 270 liter monster.
Sounds great!
I’ve been getting some yellowing and nitrates are always zero. I knew what the problem was, but now I understand it better. Thank you for taking the fear out of figuring out how much liquid fertilizer to use! By the way, gorgeous tank!
oh, your Scape looks so beautiful. Can't stop looking at it. Must be really enjoyable to sit in front of it and just relax
Following philipes home routine. Potassium 3 times a week, iron biweekly and nitrogen+phosphorus biweekly
I use Aquarium Co-op's. Thanks for the info George!
Just got some..done my first dose on monday...how do you like it?
Aquarium Co-OP's Easy Green love the stuff use it in all my tank. I also use Easy Iron.
$35 a bottle. No thanks. Canada
Excellent topic and video. I would really enjoy hearing more about liquid fertilizers in conjunction with planted substrates. I'm in the U.S. with a dirted 36 and 55 gallon under moderate/high light with no co2.
Thanks!
Very insightful video George. Always greatful to obtain more understanding. I'll be upping the frequency in 2 of my tanks now🤓👍🌿
Thanks Vinnie!
George, thx for this video and your story :) I'm struggling with plant grow and their health right now. I'm moved from salts into all in one fertilizer and I made it wrong, trying to do lean dosing. I ended up with plants losing leaves, old leaves algae issues and such. I was actually planning to limit a lights for a couple of days and stop fertilizing at all during this period. But after watching your video I'll try the other way. I put lamps in full mode and added 5ml/50 liter dosage this morning. Let's see what will happen :)
Thx again!
Great video George. I was searching this topic earlier today! Looking forward to.your video about liquid co2
Thanks 😊
Thank you George. Very good information. I love it how you included US currents in your videos
Thank you for this video I just bought the Tropica specialized nutrition for my low tech tank and I'm hoping it can help my plants really thrive
I use Tropica Plant Growth Premium Fertiliser 1 squeez/day in a 60l aquarium.
Thanks, George. Wonderful tips, I'm using all in one (daily).
👍
Awesome video and tons of great info. Honestly I am still kicking myself for ever dismantling my first planted aquarium because it was damn near perfect for a planted aquarium. Had everything balanced: lighting ferts and co2. No algae and I was trimming weekly or more.
Aquarium CoOp Easygreen, 1ml daily on a 29 gal. Plus 3ml after a 50% weekly water change. Add extra ml if nitrate is trending downwards. Great video! Only thing I’d personally question is labelling all nitrates from tap as harmless. That seems like a blanket statement that might get one or two folks in trouble
Outstanding! Much appreciated! High quality video, valuable, helpful, straight forward information. I'm taking my first attempt to go with a planted tank. I feel confident that I can succeed in creating an awesome system, (Like yours in the video). Thanks George. I now search for all your videos and enjoy them all. Keep it coming Man.
Great video, I really like these deep dives. I recently switched from dry salts to an all-in-one liquid fertilizer for convenience and consistency, and my plants have never been healthier. For me, definitely worth the extra cost.
Excellent and comprehensive video guide, thanks for sharing George. In my 7 month old 60p aquascape I'm currently dosing ADA Green Brighty Neutral, ADA Green Brighty Iron, and ADA Green Brighty Mineral 3 pumps of each everyday, dosing right after the lights come on. I've always had great results using ADA ferts, finding a mix that works for my scape and plants I'm using and adjusting as it ages. I have wanted to try a lot of the all in one products you talked about here but I currently live in Shanghai and don't have access to any of those. All of the all in ones I've tried here I wasn't getting great results so I moved to ADA ferts as I can get them direct from an online vendor for a pretty reasonable price.
I use the liquid fertiliser PlantedBox All-in-One and add it after my weekly water change. Just dosing what is advised.
For some plants i use bottom capsules Crypto which i stick in every 2 months or so.
Love all your great videos, I get to learn a lot with them. Albeit, you focus two different, common situations, either you have massively planted aquariums with a few fish or the opposite, not so many plants and loads of fish... My doubt is, in my case I have a massively planted aquarium with quite a lot of fish. My aquarium is 300 lts. (already deducting the gravel), and approximately 50cm depth of water column, I have a Twinstar 120B LED, CO2 injection and a Twinstar Yotta Plus sterilizer. The biggest fry is composed of cardinals, then have smaller groups of Rasboras (Mosquito, Chilli, Exclamation dot and Emerald dwarf), also Threadfin rainbow fish (my favourite), Spotted blue eyes, Oryzias woworae, Pencil fish (Nannostomus beckfordii), a few Otocinclus, Rosy loaches and striped and dark kuhli's. Also have a couple Bamboo shrimps, Amano shrimps, Red Cherry, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue Dream, Babaulti, Crystal Red, Tiger Blue and Blue Bolt shrimps. Also have snails, Neritina's, Taia naticoides, Clithon Corona and Planorbis. Plants I am more successful with are Cryptocoryne's and most Moss varieties like Christmas, Nano, Creeping, Flaming, etc. Not really successful with red plants, already tried Ludwigia's, Rotalas, and so on. Already increased light, tried a few brands of fertilizers, Tropica as well, both types, the green and yellow ones. Also tried the Tropica pills you place under the gravel. Is it feasible to inject liquid fertilizer in very small portions directly on more demanding plants? In the gravel underneath those plants I mean. I'd really appreciate some advice regarding this situation (lots of plants and fish). Thank you so much and keep making all these wonderful videos. ☺️☺️☺️
Thanks for the video George! Very helpful!
Thanks mate 👍😊
So glad to finally come across this type of video. I'm way under dosing my tank according to what you say. Going to try this method and then find that automatic dosing system you got there. Love your videos!
Love these educational videos George!
What are your thoughts on seachem prime (and other conditioners) potentially rendering some components of the fertilizer inactive? some people suggest adding fertilizers 24 hours or so after prime.
I honestly wouldn’t worry about it
If or if not a issue. Then dosing each day would solve it IF it is a issue.
So dosing each day have maybe then yet another beneficial upside.
And probably why the content creator do not feel or see it as a issue when he dose each day. 😍
This scape looks like the head of a texas longhorn now that its trimmed back.
So true 😂😂😂
George scaped my tank and liked it so much he had to rescape his own just like it! ua-cam.com/video/41JPMTgez3w/v-deo.html
I was gonna post that this tank would be perfect for a Univ. of Texas fan.
Yes😂looks like george inspired by the rock bull skull tattoo😂
You ruined it for me forever
Hi George. I dose Tropica premium every 2 days on my well planted tanks. A bit less on my others that are black water. On those last ones I mostly have floating plants so depends on what I see. On my pond tanks with lots of emergent growth I use root tabs in their beds. I like Tropica line of ferts.
Thanks for answering my question, George. Much appreciated!
Very nice video, a very good help for any aquascaper. Thanks a lot George
Great video and actually helped confirm my own thoughts on daily small doses rather than large ones. Currently I'm doing 5 squirts 2 times a week. I was just wondering if the tank gets to lean on ferts towards the end of my routine. I think I will start small doses daily after my next water change.
Also, I'm using thrive
I'm using the Aqua Rebell Macro Basic and Micro Basic. Really happy with it, and it gives good information about dosage for different setups(low/high light, with and without CO2) as well.
Thank you George for this educational video! Eye opener.
George, Greetings from USA, I have many many questions I could ask you.. Thanks to you I have purchased as many things at it would allow me to from Tropica, tho its hard considering its based in the UK, and so forth. I was able to obtain some of the products via eBay. Most of all my products I've purchased for my new aquascape has came from your videos. There is still a lot to learn but your videos are absolutely brilliant and have helped me so much. Thank you again for all of your help!
I dose about 3 times a week for my dutch style aquarium, tropica special nutrition and premium nutrition together with 1 cap or seachem flourish , flourish iron, and flourish potassium, with 50% water change weekly :)
George - excellent video - thanks for the advice on the amount and type of ferts to use
Cheers Jim!
Hi Mr. George, please any progress for video explaining hard and soft water and considerations for planted tank ?
Thanks
Big big disclaimer before you started!!! The view from the top is the same was a good one.
Great video George, thank-you. I have been using TSN in a 45g med tech tank (Co2/Fluval306/Fluval3.0 light/plant load is moderate but if they take off it would push over to the heavier side) but based on your outline seems like my 2ml per/day is much too lean. My plants have been struggling so I am keen to up the dosing and see how things respond. Today was day one of 6ml dose, look forward to monitoring things over the next week or so. Cheers!
this was one of the best fertilizer guide!!!I gt answer for all of my questions...thank you a lot sir..respect and love of India
Excellent informative video George!
Thanks George I find this the most difficult topic of all
This and previous video have been very informative george so thanks so much 👍 very helpful
Thanks Dean!
Great video! Lots of information! I have a 56 gallon and I dose Thrive+ twice a week with a 50% water change. I am gonna give it a try with the dosage everyday. I always thought it would be better every day than two big doses a week. Again thanks George and always great stuff!
Great video again George. Would love one on the inside of the oase filters. Do you use as standard or add your own levels of filtration 👍🏼👌🏼
Thanks Dean. I use the supplied media only. The plants are actually the best biological filters. 👍
Dear George, I am a newbie to aquascape. I know nothing about keeping a successful aquarium. I have been watching tons of videos and found that yours is by far the best way for me to kick start as a beginner who knows nothing about aquarium. I’m thinking to use ADA Amazonia as my substrate and use your method to maintain the plants using the all in one fertiliser. However, we all knew that Amazonia is a very highly nutritious soil. My fear is that when I use the soil together with the liquid fertiliser, something bad is going to happen to the tank. I want to use your method, but I also wish to use the ADA Amazonia soil. Looking forward to your advise.
Thanks a lot! I watched the whole video and you made everything really clear to me!
Excelente explicación.. muchas gracias . Saludos desde Colombia.
Thank you George, this was helpful.
Beautiful vedio with full of knowledge and information
Hi George. Great video! very helpful. Keep up the good work. They help me a lot...
Thanks Rick!
I've just found your video, I was wondering what is the dose for medium/low planted tanks? thank you
Hi George. Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Interesting. I started two tanks up October and December 2021. I've been using lean dosing method for both tanks since startup, inert substrate with root tabs in both. I found initially growth was good, but then flat-lined as algae growth ramped up. The livestock loads of both tanks are very low so I'm not counting on any natural ferts. I do use Easy Green which does recommend dosing twice a week for Medium-light aquariums, I was dosing one pump a week however. I'm going to switch it up and try the daily ML dosing instead since I monitor the tanks daily anyway.
Love this series!! MORE PLEASE!!!
Thanks Alex
I dose Dennis Wong's 2hr Aquarist APT Complete fertilizer. I like that he provides lots of detailed information on the composition of the product. He has also provided a comprehensive explanation of the dosing methodology with research and a long guide on implementing it.
For that reason I trust him and his product.
Tha k you this videos was very helpful and clear!
Good bloke George.Very informative.New to hobby,great help.Thank you.
Thanks Richard!
I use Dennis Wong APT complete, best all in one fertiliser on the market atm...check it out. I love tropica plants but their fertiliser got too much no3 and not enough po4 and K, and that can lead to algae problem during time.
Thank you so much. I think my “easy to care for” Anibias are going to be grateful for the increased liquid fertilisers, they have really been unhappy since I added a CO2 system. Now I know why.
I've recently switched from dry salts to Ultum Nature Systems All In One which is based on EI dosing. So far no complaints.
Thank you for this. I think I would consider my 75G tank a medium tech tank. Fluval 3.0 light. DIY co2 for now. It’s a newly planted tank with a lot of slow growing plants Anubius,buce, microsorum. But also bacopa and other stem plants. Currently adding about 16ml a week of premium Tropica and 8ml of specialized. Also 5ml per day of excel to fight algae (this seems to actually work really well). 100% agree that if the plants don’t get enough fertilizer algae will happen. Went to work for a week and told my wife not to add any fert, tank was a disaster when I came home. But continuing to plant and fertilize and scrub the algae away on a regular basis seems to have me in a winning battle. I am confused with the constant need for 50% water changes a week/ specifically the part about diluting the nutrients. Why do I want to remove fertilizer that I just added for plants? Appreciate your advice!
Hi George, great video. Due the many choises, at last here in Holland, brings it back to the basics. In my main tank I use dennerle soil and a fertilizer from a local store, working great, but not to be happy about. In my two scape tanks, heavily planted with tropica plants I am testing the ADA system. Works really great, plants looks awesome. But ADA is very expensive. So when all is finished I have decided, some time ago, to switch to the tropica system, with nutrition capsules also. Thinking to add some extra Iron for the red plants. Thanks also for point ing out the D&D some time ago. Works great. Keep on the good work.
What do you think of tropica ferts?
Fertilizer - Local Fish Stores "homebrew" -- "The Wet Spot"
The instructions say to do it every week, but my own personal experience with gardening says its better to underfeed than over, so I only do it once every few water changes instead. But that was a terrestrial garden. The plants would burn or get sick if there was too much nutrients. I'm just too nervous... heh
I'm also using the flourish tabs in the substrate.
Because you are using Tabs. So plants gets nutrient mostly from the roots.
@@saturnpasrond22 The tabs also slowly dissolve into the water, bringing the nutes up to the unrooted plants.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Me quedo muy claro todos tus comentarios. muy bien explicado, yo aplico este sistema aunque no dosificando diario , si no dos veces por semana, gracias. te escribo desde medellin colombia