I've used it in the past but didn't care for it. I just dosed potassium and iron and everything was thriving with no problems to my discus
Is this product safe with Discus, only asking because most posts cover "Excel Flourish" but not straight "Flourish". I just don't want to take any unnecessary risks,
I've used it in the past but didn't care for it. I just dosed potassium and iron and everything was thriving with no problems to my discus
I haven't use it first hand but i am very confident in quallity and safety of Seachem products.
I use DIY trace/micro elements along with macro with no Ill effects so far.
BTW. This product is trace nutrients plant supplementation while flourish excel is a liquid CO2 supplement for plants.
I used it for one day, kind of an experiment. I did half of a dose after a water change to test if it would affect the discus. The discus were slow and tired for the whole day with the Flourish dose. After I did a water change, the were back to their normal selves. These were tested with juveniles. IME, I wouldn't use it, it if your growing out.
Thanks for sharing your experience, I tried the product but it was not in a discus tank and at that time there was something that just didn't appear right with the fish, so I thought I would ask. I'm really glad I did ask, because I just recently purchased 6 new Discus and they are doing remarkably well and I just don't want to try anything that is not ideal.
I'll second this. I didn't care for it as I seen no results that looked favorable to me. I used it for a year with absolutely no problems with my fish what so ever. I stopped all but the Excel then started adding it back without potassium and Iron. Now I just use Excel and the potassium and iron I find both of these necessary for good growth. I do use the tablets I push in the gravel 3X a year.
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I use it with no problem on my discus/plant tank. But, I do not dose once a week. I figured out the weekly dosage for my tank and then divided by 7. so, I dose a much smaller amount, but do it every day.