Guppysnail Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Bought easy green because all my tanks are balanced and doing wonderful but lately I’ve noticed my nitrates dropping to 5-10 on a regular basis I do not want my plants to start having issues most of them are high stem consumers Hornwort water wisteria anacharis elodea densa water sprite some java and Anubis just for looks. I dosed all except one tank. My show tank has ecocomplete and high waste producer population 2 lemon blue eye pleco 4 large adult male mystery snails shrimp galore bladder snails CPDs and one spastic boy guppy who insists he is a 12 inch fish and must be in the big tank. I fought DAILY NITRATE spikes for so long in that tank but plants are amazing. Now it stays at 15 which is what my tap water is. Plants all do amazing. I’m Leary about adding it to that tank for fear of nitrate spike and well why fix what’s not broken. Thoughts opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Sorry here are some photos of plants I’m not a computer guru...and my foot long guppy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 If your plants are doing amazing who says you need to add ferts? Fertilizer is added to give your plants what they need to grow, if they are doing amazing obviously they must have all they need without added nutrients. If you notice signs of nutrient deficiencies, or stunted growth you can revisit the question of adding fertilizer. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 That’s what I was thinking and why I hesitated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Your plants look great, if that changes you might need ferts, seems for now your plants get all they need from your fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 i agree, if the plants look good, and show no signs of needing anything, dont mess with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 @Guppysnail given the information you gave us, I would say your aquarium is balanced. Congrats! I agree with others, I would not add anything unless your plants begin to show signs of nutrient deficiencies. The following link is helpful for identifying deficiencies just in case: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/plant-nutrient-deficiencies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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