Easy Green

[RobsFishWorld]

I just purchased Easy Green from the  Aquarium co op website cause I heard great things about it. My question is does algae feed on it as well. I followed the directions on it 1 pump per 10 gallons and I have a 60 gallon so that’s 6 pumps. I put some in my tank and the next day I noticed a lot more algae everywhere more that normal.

[Fish Folk]

Short answer…. Yes. Sort of. Algae utilizes the same resources as any of your plants. If your plants aren’t maximizing available nutrients + light + dissolved gasses, algae will “get happy.”

You can cut back a bit on dosing Easy Green. Just feed with EG once a week. I usually just dose when I water change.

Alternatively, add more plants 🌱 🪴 😎 

[Bev C]

i have 55 gallon tank when i started out i follow the directions and it was to much .plus i did not have allot of plants I learnt the more plants you have it helps control algae . better

i would cut the dose down maybe half and do that for  2-3 weeks when you change the fertilizer dose it is best to wait 2-3 weeks to see if it is working or not  then after 2-3 weeks  add a extra pump  if needed and keep raising slowly one pump at a time till you plants look better ,,, do not forget you might have to adjust your light intensity and light time too

 

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by Bev C

[BAT]

I have had trouble when my light was on too much with easy green

[Pepere]

By golly.  If anyone could invent a water column fertilizer or light that would only grow plants and not algae they would make a fortune!

[RockMongler]

Yeah, mirroring other responses, you might want to tune your Easy-Green use based off the plants you have.  If your plants aren't using the nutrients, the algae will.

[Pepere]

Light intensity and period, nutrient levels, and co2 levels.  Three levers you can pull to try to get aquarium in balance  to minimize Algae…

 

getting it right is a challenge….