Aquarium Fertilizer Dosing the Tutorial
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Today Lamont and I talk about Aquarium Fertilizer Dosing. In this tutorial you'll hear us talk about Seachem flourish and Aquarium Co-Ops Easy Green. www.aquariumcoop.com/products...
0:00 - Intro to Real Fish Talk
1:34 - What an aquarium plant needs to grow
3:12 - Seachem Flourish Comprehensive
3:57 - Nitrogen in an aquarium
5:52 - What are macros in a planted aquarium?
6:39 - Algae: too much fertilizer or too little?
7:43 - How to dose Seachem Flourish Comprehensive
9:08 - The basic fertilizer: Seachem Flourish Comprehensive
9:47 - Phosphates in an aquarium
11:05 - Refrigerating plant fertilizer
12:15 - Seachem Flourish Trace
14:05 - Lack of boron
14:54 - Lack of copper
15:05 - Lack of manganese
15:24 - Lack of molybdenum
15:34 - Lack of zinc
15:57 - Lack of nickel
16:17 - How to dose Seachem Flourish Trace
16:34 - Don't dose on the same day
17:27 - How we dose fertilizers at Aquarium Co-Op
19:42 - Estimative Index (EI) Fertilization Method
20:41 - Seachem Flourish Nitrogen
24:14 - How to dose Seachem Flourish Nitrogen
26:55 - How much nitrogen does Lamont dose?
30:17 - Why do my new plants keep dying?
32:59 - Seachem Flourish Potassium
34:25 - How to dose Seachem Flourish Potassium
34:52 - How do I know if I need to dose potassium?
36:04 - Dosing Seachem Equilibrium
42:03 - Seachem Flourish Iron
42:46 - Dosing Seachem Flourish Iron in an aquarium
46:24 - Figure out what you want to accomplish
48:46 - Figure out what kind of plant keeper you are
53:28 - How topping off an aquarium can affect plants
54:21 - Seachem Flourish Excel
1:00:59 - How to dose Seachem Flourish Excel
1:01:50 - Aquarium Co-Op Easy Green
1:10:03 - Conclusion
1:16:38 - Outro
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Would this be good to use in my sons 10 gallon that has 5 guppies and a cory along with 2 java ferns, a banana plant and an amazon sword? The tank is a few months old and the java ferns don't seem to be doing well. The sword and banana are doing great.
I use it in my 10 gal. tanks, every since I started using it the growth (I have all the plants that are in your sons tank) and color of the plants is amazing! I can't say enough about this product! I used to use all of Seachem fertilizers and had no noticeable results.
I was thinking of ordering your Easy Fert package. my tank is only 5 gallons tho. if I am using a medium/high output light can I still use the normal easy green bottle? one pump per week? or a half pump twice a week?
Aquarium Co-Op I love easy green! Was using another and it gave nothing to one plant.. Easy green helped all of the plants. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Aquarium Co-Op I used easy green and after useing it for about 8 weeks the plants started to get yellowish and Discolored but seem to be growning and reperduceing .. would you guys recommend flourish potassium to add with my easy green ... crypts ,sag, Java, bacopa, and few sterms?
I have watched this video over 5 times, not exaggerating. Just a lot of information on here that I cannot comprehend on one trip through
Im glad this channel exist. You got me into the hobby and has changed my life for the better. I know this vid is old to you tube standards, but still timeless content. Can't wait for the future of the Co-Op.
I have to say that you both have more information than any other channels by far.
+Ron Lagerquist thank you for the compliment.
I love this video, So informative and the 1 hour long thing is no issue for those of us out here willing to learn and take in the knowledge. Very worth the hour. Thank you so much.
I haven’t finished watching yet but so far I’ve learned more about aquatic plants in this video than I’ve ever learned before.
Lamont's giggles are so heartwarming. My favorite was in response to 1:05:11
That's the kind of hype we all need.
Speaking of hype, just wanna say Easy Green lives up to every word.
Your dog is very cute.
i can't get enough of this channel
Sir, I know this video is old and I am just watching it now for the first time but, as I said in a recent video you posted, I am watching every video and listening to every post you have, I have to tell you, I am the guy who loves fish but never touched plants before. Now watching your channel I am taking that plunge. You have no idea how much this particular video has helped me with my swords and Madagascar lace plants! I promise you this, if you get to read this comment, I'm not commenting fishing for a reply. I am commenting to let you know that as soon as I finish typing this, I am going to your website and ordering Easy Green. I would order Easy Iron as well, but i am not sure if i needed so i will communicate with you on any email through the website. I know, long rant, but I just had to thank you for all the info you shed here FREELY I might add.
I had auto play on when I fell asleep and woke up to this
+vlad morozov hope we didnt give you nightmares :)
Aquarium Co-Op Lol hahaha
Welcome to the beautiful world of aquascaping
Do u even watch this channel?
I would love a video about plants that thrive in brackish water! A video dedicated to plants that thrive in low ph and one for hard water would probably help a lot of people new to planted tanks. Aquatic plants are what got me into the hobby; just bought several more from your online store to play with during quarantine. Thanks for all the quality content! 🌮
this is one of the best videos on plant keeping in the hobby i would have to say! not one has gone into such detail about it. great video.
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
Just placed my order for easy green and tabs. Thanks for all the great vids Cory. My parents live near you and I can't wait to visit your shop when I'm in the area.
Just bought the easy pack like 5 minutes ago and I'm super excited, I have tons of plants in my tanks.
Welcome back Lamont !
you guys have done it again!! thumbs up from this guy.
Just finished watching this video. Very amazing and helpful, I really enjoy long educational videos like this and going in depth about what each products do and what you need for your plants to thrive and grow correctly. There is always room to learn more and new things, thank you! I also put in my order to try out the easy green and easy iron products you have for sale on your website.
Cory, what a great video! Nicely done sir. This has to be one of the best vids I've seen about ferts. Thank you very much. I'm getting easy green for xmas this year.
Thank you. This was eye opening. Much of it is common sense that is so obvious that many of us miss it.
And i was thinking of mixing all of the seachem products in one bottle for easy serving haha, thanks for the video.
I'm not sure why I haven't watched all of your older videos before, but these are just excellent! I ordered your Easy Green and I can't wait to see what it will do for my plants. I have mostly easy plants, but a very low bioload in the tank. In the past, I've had mixed success, but your channel is a great resource to become an excellent planted tank keeper! I've never had an interest in plants since I'm horrible with houseplants (I tend to over water), so aquatic plants are perfect!
+Bec M. Yeah, we did some good long form videos in the past :)
Great video Cory I'm glad to see Lamont back on the show. I had to watch it in 2 parts because i have been pretty busy. Since i will be starting a planted tank i think this information will really help me out. Thanks you guys.
+AQUA NUT Let me know when you start it. Maybe I can send you some Easy Green.
That's awesome bud, we will definitely let you know. We haven't had the best luck keeping them with the big cichlids, but we are going to start up a little community or something so we hopefully will have better luck
Awesome! Great video. This answered sooo many questions I had.
Thank you so much I had learn from you a lot and now my aquarium and every thing living in are super happy 😀
Thanks guys, exactly what I was looking for as I am setting up my first planted tank with RODI water. Our other one is a Walstad tank but does have a filter pump for water circulation. BTW, apical meristem at 14:18 is pronounced "a-pickle mirra -( like mirror in an east coast accent) stem" and is where the growth cells for a plant or root are located. High school biology teacher.
(32 mins) Now I know why my plants look bad. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for vital information!
My fishes love you. (Two Bettas in lightly planted 10 gals) ☺️😊
Can’t wait to buy your fertilizer!!
I use easy green, easy iron, flourish excel and co2 inject into a 40g. I’ve had amazing results after using your product. I auto dose everything daily instead of dumping the whole weeks ferts in one day.
How much would you dose daily as the bare minimum? That would be 4ml per day ? Or less per day ? If u wouldn’t mind telling ?
I've started my very first planted tank recently, and bought most all of these Seachem products.
Thank you So Much for making this video! I think it's really going to help. Very informative and entertaining!
Glad it could help. Have you checked out my plants 101 series? th-cam.com/video/4c4MoOD-zpI/w-d-xo.html
Awesome! Thank you! This is the first vid of yours I've watched so far. Definitely going to subscribe, and looking forward to watching that series.
Make sure you join us for the live streams on Sundays :)
Nice vid guys I just ordered a bottle to try it out, and support the efforts. I've just dabbled with plants and want to start taking it to the next level.
+mikec7777 Thanks Mike, your bottle should go in the mail tomorrow.
Great video! You answered a lot of my questions!
I'll be ordering ALL my fertz from you guys from now on. I got the basic fert from petsmart and then noticed I needed potassium for my java fern and got it but nothing changed. I did what the bottle said for a few weeks and then started adding more per week n still nothing changed with my plants. So I'll be getting the easy green and trying that. Thanks for all the great information in this video along with ALL the other videos you have on the channel. 🐠🌱🐟🦐
DIY fertilizer recipe lol
-1 rusty nail
-1 copper penny
-1 nickle
-1 egg shell
-1/4 of a banana peel
-1 rock
-tsp of epson salts
-2 tsp of soil
-1 ball of peat
-100 fish poops
-1/4 deer poop (dried)
-10 chicken poops (dried)
Combine well and mix into substrate xD
does it actually work?
Jim The Hammer Shapiro cool
Be sure to get a penny from before 1960 - or it’s mostly zinc!
Also, what? Do you put it in a blend tec blender???? Lol... “CAN YOU BLEND IT?” Hahahaha...
Though I am intrigued about this “rusty nail” thing... I have nails. Maybe I’ll stick one under my red plants and see what they do (after I run out of flourish Iron, that is.)
Oh by the way...so glad Lamont is feeling better! Happy to see you Lamont. Please (Lamont) if you could just speak up a little or put the microphone closer to your mouth. I don't want to miss any of the information you have to give as you both are a wealth of information to the novice fish keeper like me.
well im glad i watched till the end im new to planted and was all going good then now im getting nutrient def and couldnt work out why well you hit the nail on the head cory my plants have grown like mad and i havnt increased fertz to compensate thanks for that buddy
I had this on and listened to it as I was driving home from out of town late list night. Much more fun that whatever is on the radio in the middle of nowhere at 1am!
I haven't noticed this as much with other videos and maybe it was the acoustics of the car, but Lamont was pretty hard to hear. Cory, you came through really clearly but I kept having to crank it up when Lamont was speaking, and back down to minimize static when he was done. Maybe move the mic closer to him on future shoots?
Oh, I'd still love to see a video on keeping fish as ethically as possible :)
Awesome informative video. Using easy green but have to be careful because my tap water already has between 5 and 10 ppm nitrates in it. But it definitely helped my anubias the first 2 weeks that I used it as they all started putting out new leaves. Currently dosing small amounts daily instead of a larger dose all at once so the nitrates don't get out of wack. Thanks for your hard work,love the channel. Keep it up!!
Why does cory always look annoyed...lol
He reminds me of the teachers in school who are good at their job but hate showing up everyday😂
He did say he was quite tired already and still had to do a fish run so that might be a factor. I get what you mean though.
RBF I got that too hahah
I haven't been in the hobby for very long, maybe one month or so. But my first plant came from a petco tube and my second one came from a seed I planted myself. The tubed plant is still alive and almost hasn't grown at all. The seed sprouted in one week doubled in size every day and is now a massive underwater tree that continues to grow every day. For my first impressions I say seeds are the best way to get plants because they literally birth and evolve to your aquarium keeping style and there is no need for acclimation or the need to keep dosing as it knows how to survive off your water. Just my beginner first impressions though.
Really interesting video!! very informative! Thanks!! :)
Thank you for the video. Everyone talks about what they dose, but not how much and how large there tank is. OBVIOUSLY it will change per tank but it at least gives me a line in the sand. Oh, and that you guys are dosing WAY more than what the bottle says. I "overdose" based on what the bottle was saying and I was all worried I was doing something else wrong, hence why the plants were liking it. But if you guys are doing it too, I can't be crazy! Thanks again. I'm thinking about ordering your ferts once I run out :)
+Kyle Jones Glad it helped. I think you'd like our fertilizer for the simplicity. But as we say, pretty much anything will work at the correct doses.
wonderful work!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us...
GREAT VIDEO.....a little long but covered all I needed to know.....thanks !!
Hard to cover so much and keep it short, and still teach people.
EASY GREEN fertilizer is easily the easiest aquarium fertilizer that gave my plants amazing results rather quickly. Easily highly recommended. 👍. Great product. Great company. Great video. 📺😎. 🍀🌿🌴🌱🌷🍃🐛🌴🌿🍀🍁🍀
Hahahaha! I knew nothing about a planted tank before this video! I had plants two years ago and when I bought them, the shop sold me on Flourish Excel as my only fertilizer. I have never had a planted tank since as it was a disaster. 3 days ago, my lady bought some plants for our tank and it was time to learn about it. Thanks a million you two! Your channel is so incredibly helpful! My bottle of Flourish Excel has now been pushed to the back of the cabinet!
Well researched and presented !
GREAT INFORMATION!! Thanks so much for clearing up several "mysteries" for me. I did not realize I needed these additives and how exactly to dose my tank. I love the way you make it so easy for a person like me to really understand what the issues are. I lost several plants to these deficiencies.
good talk! learned a lot. thanks guys
Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. The information is invaluable. Seems every time I turned around I needed another bottle of something else Seachem makes and then replacements for what I'd already been going through every month or so. It's become a costly proposition. So I see Easy Green in my future.
+Greggerman Glad it could help. I think you'll enjoy the potency of the Easy green. Just take it easy. Sometime starting at a half dose and working your tank up works best :)
I’m frugal with the subscribe button but this is the video that finally made me hit it.
use look so high man haha its so good to have a j and watch your tank its so relaxing
I bow before you oh great Aquatic Plant Geek!
It's true... Plants are magical.
Love that chrome nano tank in the back. I have a 5 gallon with a tiny sponge filter, crypts and micro hair grass, a little ludwigia and water sprite. Pigmy Cory’s and ember tetra. I don’t dose or inject anything. They grow great. But are water has plenty of nutrients. Especially iron. :).
20:50 Flourish Nitrogen
I’ve installed a fluval 88 co2 kit on my22 long. I used 2 check valve s and seem to get better diffusion.
Learned a ton, then chuckled with the clever plug at the end! Worst(best?) thing is, I'm probably gonna get some Easy Green, because I have Seachem Flourish and I have no idea what else to get of their line.
I have a 1200 gallon koi pond with a 50 gallon biological filter with Iv filter
My question is can I use the waste sludge that I backwash out of that filter as fertilizer in aquarium or anything?????
I have a nano aquarium going. I use CO2, a Fluval Plant Nano light, and dose with Vital X fertilizer. I am having a small issue with green hair algae. I lowered the light intensity from 100% to 75% max. This helped. My question is can I use this Flourish Excel and the other liquid fertilizer together?
the gardener analogy is great
it has a lot to do with personality as well resources .
You thoroughly free ked me out on Excell
and I work construction and not normally to concerned
about chemical exposure .
I put my hands in the tank I water my yard with cell mutater
anyway I'll try your ferts if it's safe off shrimp
I was going to get some for my shrimp tank any way
No mention of easy carbon or the easy root tabs. I waited this whole hour to find out if yours are different and how. Does easy carbon contain mutagenic agents?
that's alot of research and testing to keep alot of different plants alive, alot of variables depending on where you live. does too much iron effect fish?
Hi guys, I appreciate all the useful information you're putting out. I have a question, does the aquatic fertilizer business use the same standard for numbering their ferts as the terrestrial biz does? I mean, if I buy 10-10-10 lawn fert I know what I'm getting. Are aquarium ferts labelled this way and if not, why not? It seems that would be good information for the consumer and would take some of the mystery out of the process. Thanks in advance for your thoughts! Buying premixed ferts is an expensive way to buy water imho.
When talking about nitrogen fert, could this be used to help cycle a tank without plants and animals? If not, what would help? I don't want to get animals or plants until the tank is stable and cycled after a few weeks. I don't mind some algae build up before I add plants to it either since I can get snails and shrimp to solve this later.
Coming from strictly saltwater side where stability is key got me thinking about auto dosing pumps dosing small amounts throughout the day. Are these of any value in a freshwater planted tank? Do the plants care when nutrients levels go up and down between dosing? Great video btw
Dosing should be alternate days or same day? I dose potassium and iron same time everyday...does the chemical react differently ??
if I add flourish complete,trace, potassium will it change my nitrate making it higher?
I have been dosing Excel regularly for years, ....... well time to stop that junk. After watching this I will also start dosing more than my flourish comprehensive. My nitrates stay pretty low as well and I do 50% weekly water changes on my tanks. Been having trouble with plants other than anubia, so I am assuming I do not have enough nutrients. I also do not do co2. *Just ordered your fert, sad that there is no 500ml bottle. But next order will be the biggest bottle you got. Thanks for your videos and I hope I can one day get my easy plants to do well.
"Poop is poop." - Wisdom for the ages.
Feel free to leave it in your email signature as an inspirational quote.
Great videos Cory. I think you just like saying 'Fish Poop' as many times as possible. lol
Thank you
hi guys! tnx for a very informative video. I have a question.... will it be different if i buy same product in tablets? or u recommend to use a liquid one?
It would be different, root tabs are for root feeding plants, the liquids are for water column feeding plants. Most plants are water column feeders.
excellent info video. how often do you have to do water changes and how much water needs to be change after or while using your product?
You would need to test your water to know. Some tanks might need only once a month water change, some might need once a week. Nitrates would probably be the determining factor in most planted tanks, don't let them get too high.
Great video.. I was confused and you have cleared it .. thank you
I know that this is an old video but what is the difference between easy green and nano easy green?
Have you made a product for a high tech planted tank with lots of red plants, but also the lazy way??
im gonna try it your easy green
I live in Australia. Do you sent products to overseas?
Thank you my dudes
Love your content and products that I've purchased from aquarium co-op. Please tho just dial back the ads in the videos
I just started using easy green last week in a 40 breeder, no co2,and low light, and already i can tell a huge difference.
The plants have grown, they are greening up, and new leaves are sprouting up.
In only a weeks time i am amazed at how much it has helped
If you are debating about trying it i highly recommend it.
Its great to get a product that works even better than its advertised.
Thanks for the review Don, have you left it on the easy green website itself? I love testimonials as it helps others make the decision on whether it's worth it :)
Your welcome, I did leave a review on the site but it was before i had tried it, i looked to see if i could edit my review but i didn't see that option.
To be honest i didn't expect to see any results for a month or so, i was really shocked to see it was working so quickly.
My tank is really high in phosphates above 10ppm even if i change water it stays high , my question is do i still need to fertilize with phosphorus?
Perfect
Hey AquariumCo-Op ! I Love all your fish info. Canadian new fish hobbyists here! When do you think you will be getting easy green back on amazon for Canada? I super want to buy it but says it's unavailable for the moment? Or possibly may not be back? Is this true.
cory so tired here it makes me sleepy.
I have trouble with fertilizer distribution. No matter how much fertilizer I dump in my 14 gal low light fish tank, my nitrate levels always test 0. My Anubias (that are said to be very slow growing) grow 1-2 fully formed leaves from nothing in like five days, while my two sickly patches of Monte Carlos and Dwarf Hairgrass refuse to spread. It looks as if mostly everything that isn't used by the turbocharged Anubias gets into producing algae. I have no idea by how much I should tone down fertilizer dosage to stop algae growth and excessive Anubias growth, without killing my Monte Carlo and Dwarf Hairgrass.
I'm also not entirely certain that increasing the lighting would make those two finally grow, because higher light for them means also higher light for the Anubias, so I'm afraid with more lighting I would just intensify the current processes instead of giving the MC and Dwarf Hairgrass a chance to grow.
I wish I stumbled upon this channel way earlier but I've only been doing aquarium stuff for a little over a year now. I'm looking to buy some Easy Green and Easy Root tabs, but I was curious as to how much iron is in the tabs. API has root tabs that have 5% iron but I'm kinda like "ehhhh" when it comes to API and Aqueon.
Corey you need a ship to Canada I want some easy green :>
can you use in your water sodium thiosulfate in your water
@Aquarium co-op is easy green still usable if iv got 3 to 4 plants and if so do you recommend full dos or half once a week?
Full dose once a week
Awesome...I'm just getting into a couple of planted aquariums...I see some EasyGreen in my future.
Can I use Flourish together with Flourish Excel at the same time /same day?
Great video! Question: What plant name does Cory say at 41:38? I can't quite catch that quick latin, but I'd like to look it up and maybe try it since I have tons of calcium in my water.
Pogostemon hellferi
Corey, when you have two heads from spilling Excel on your hands, we'll know why. LOL
I have a 5 gallon planted tank how much would I use of the easy green?
Half a pump roughly. Depending on plant density.
Hey does this seachem flourish line of fertilizers work in a planted 10 gal with cherry shrimp? I heard cherry shrimp are sensitive to copper in specific? Thanks
I personally haven't had problems with seachem fertz and shrimp. That being said my line of fertilizer doesn't have copper in it. But if you already have seachem, I'd say use it.
Hello Gentlemen,
Great video and i like the way you both are transparent and outspoken about it- very educational. Do you ship the fertiliser to U.K.?
+Ma Jem Galat we actually just got that ability about a week ago. You can order it on amazon and have it shipped to the uk
how 'bout Australia? Great, informative video with such a great relaxed format. Ps: please pay Lamont more than one dollar a week lol. clicked the link to buy right away but unsure if it will ship to australia still so i await your response.
Have you done a CO2 episode that I dont remember? Can anyone link it? Thanks!
+Kasper Skyy no co2 episode yet.
Starting back in the hobby and wanted a planted tank this time. Was sold a combo pack of Seachrim products at my LFS. Really not impressed and too complicated. Yes, I admit it, I am lazy. Just ordered the East Green from you today, and I can't wait to get it!!
@ Cory so when you do a water change and you add prime I Heard that you should wait 24 hours be for you dose your tank is that True
I've always dosed the same day I do a water change personally.