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?
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 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.
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.
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.
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! 🌮
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
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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 :)
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!
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
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.
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.
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. 🐠🌱🐟🦐
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.
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.
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. 📺😎. 🍀🌿🌴🌱🌷🍃🐛🌴🌿🍀🍁🍀
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 :)
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!
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.
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
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!
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!!
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.
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. :).
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Hello. I just recently got your easy green and easy iron because root tabs do not work with under gravel filter. All I know is I’m new to plants in water and I have very happy plants. And all I’m using Iv already named. And of course whatever my fish contribute. Don’t have long term experience yet with water plants but I do know this. Rougher the start less success.
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!!
Hey Cory, did you ever make that video on co2? I'm looking for some solid info on the basics of running a co2 system and you are my go-to guy for all things aquarium related!
Aquarium Co-Op Darn it!! That would be a good one to add to your video list. I think a lot of planted tank hobbyists would be interested in that topic. It is always portrayed as such a daunting task. Often with an "explosive" outcome :)
Hey Cory, I really enjoyed the in depth discussion here. It seems I have learned the hard way the importance of balance in the aquarium with regards to macros, micros, and light. I have been in this hobby over a year, and beside the fish the few fish that hadn't made the transition to my tank successfully haven't killed anything. That was until I decided to fertilize my tank with Flourish comprehension and Excel. One single dose of both destroyed my two formerly beautiful anubias. I completed a 50% water change the day prior, and run a single Aqueon tube that came with my bowfront tank. Despite following directions exactly (actually dosing slightly less), the damage wrought was pretty devastating. The anubias melted, incrementally starting with the leaves turning into veined skeletons, falling off, and rhizome turning to mush in the course of about a week. I am thinking that perhaps the fertilizers exacerbated some micro deficiency. I'm not but am willing to retry if I can figure out what happened. One last thing, before all this my anubias grew a leaf every 3 weeks, also Java fern grew super slow. After killing the anubias tho, Java ferns exploded to twice their size. Any ideas what happened here?
+John Martinez It's hard to say what happened. As everyone's water is different. But I will say that generally those two ferts do fine with anubias. Likely your java fern took off because it wasn't sharing the nitrogen with the anubias anymore and it was limited by the nitrogen. I'd say to try in another aquarium without fish or very low doses until you feel comfortable to do it in your main tank again as I do feel fertilizer will help your plants a ton.
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?
Would you be able to explain how N vs NO3 is utilized by aquarium plants and if one is more important than the other? I see only N listed in your Easy Green product but a lot of the forum discussions focuses on applying and maintaining a ppm concentration for NO3. I guess the same question applies to P vs PO4. Thank you for all your videos and am thoroughly impressed with how you treat your livestock and your business ethics.
+Rod S they are utilized the same way as far as I understand it. The difference between the chemicals are how they are measures. It all depends on what form you are supplying. For instance you can also use urea, but that is only safe in low pH tanks for example. I am in by no means an expert in this area.
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.
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.
There is targeted towards a higher light tank that assumes you run a pH of 6.4 so the nitrogen source being ammonia isn't harming the animals in your tank. We don't use an ammonia based nitrogen source. Subscribe to keeping getting useful videos from us Ragnarok.
i got a small patch of java moss with some neo's and add local spring water and fresh water from streams and the java moss turned into java mass.... also its in a bare bottom tank and no dosing... no water changes, nothing in the way of maintenance... just a good size sponge filter, air stone and add water ass evaporated. clear water.... just started dosing a very small amount though added a nice light and it pearls about 15 min after i add seachem flourish excel... however i have a 55 gallon i have with a cured bed of gravel from walmart (black and neon) i added a bed of eco-complete over that i recently tried to plant... I added micro sword trying to make a carpet with, planted some guppy grass on the sides that have started throwing runners, and a decent sized amazon sword.... it has litteraly done almost nothing but give me green water algae... tried to add some bacteria because it was clear and clean for 5 months with no water changes until i cleaned filter... i had cut up a polyester shirt and used it in place of bio floss pad until i got floss pads... i threw it out now i keep getting g.w.a. im going to add more plants to see if i can process some of this nutrients... any tips anyone?????
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?????
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?
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.
One thing I figured out after almost a year of using it is that easy green only added about 7-8ppm nitrates per 3 pumps on my 30 gallon, I would keep my nitrates under 15 and sometimes I would even skip dosing because I thought 15 was to high, now I’m doing 3 times a week my plants are growing and my nitrates stay under 20 it’s crazy,
My Dwarf Sagittaria hasn't done well at all. You mention Dwarf Sag as being one of the plants that doesn't get along well with Excel, this is the first time I've heard it on the list of "No Excel Plants." Was this a slip, or is that a potential cause of my issue? 10g, Stingray 20", eco complete, osmocote+ tabs, DIY Ferts "EI low light method" My crypts, Annubias, and Moneywort are all growing well.
Hi from the uk... I'm a great fan of your channel and have watched all your videos. I am also in the process of building a fish room, not on the same scale as yours it will only have 10 tanks run off a large single sump . I also keep 2 yellow bellied turtles and I was just wondering if next time you are doing a fish room tour you could tell us a bit of info about your turtles, I also have a question ... would I be able to have my turtle tank set up incorporated into my single sump set up, just so I can keep running costs down as I have noticed ppl have there turtles in the same tank as there fish,, keep up the good work ,, thanks
+MrTOT022 You can incorporate your turtle setup, but realize the load of the turtles will be shared with the fish, so keeping up on water changes on the system would be important.
I was listening to this episode (again) on Stitcher. While Lamont was talking about the amounts he dosed your 40 gallon plant stock tanks, I was wondering are those on your store's auto water change system? If so, much higher dosing might be required for your 40's vs. a typical planted 40 because you are diluting your fertilizer with frequent auto water changes. This wasn't brought up, but thought it was relevant.
Well we auto dose easy green. We don't dose any extra to account for water changes, because with an auto doser, the nutrients are put in after the water changes. We have calibrated it to dispense as much as the plants can consume in one day. Also 2 out of the 6 planted tanks aren't on auto water change.
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.
i did many planted tanks alot failed some made it a couple florished and i still have today...i started using the liquid ferts from lfs like nutrafin then i upgraded to the dry ferts and did the pps pro method and then just sttarted dumping ferts in along with the dangerous glutaralhyde i didnt know it was that crazy i know it can cause lung damage if you breath it in but damn idk if im going to mess with again haha....almost all of my tanks have low light plants like anachris , hornwart , and java moss i dont use ferts in any tanks now i just let them do what ever
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.
If I can add, George and Karla Booth, from in the early 90's, who started doing serious planted tanks, had a discussion in Aquarium Fish magazine on Ammonia vs Nitrates. Actually, and long as you water is mildly basic, i.e. roughly 7.0~7.4 pH, well let me walk this back, there is a balance of ammonia to ammonium ions in a natural water system, everyone thinks ammonia = bad, but in a planted tank, and one with a healthy , balanced ( good live bacteria and other microorganisms in the substrate), the Ammonium ions are preferential used over Nitrates, as it's easier for the Ammonium to be processed through the hair roots and leaf surfaces. It's also easier for the plant to access the ammonium as the water becomes more weakly acid. I.E. < pH of 7.0.
I'd love to be able to keep plants, but I feel it's way harder to keep than fish. Spending good amount of money on plants and having them die on me definitely left me thinking twice about keeping live plants again.
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.
