Ryan1988 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Hey All, My tank has always had high nitrate (50) so I added plants but at the same time I also started to use Easy Green fertilizer. Does easy green add in nitrates? I suspect it does since it hasn't gone done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 @Ryan1988 yes easy green increases nitrates, but also nutrients for plants like iron,potassium,and magnesium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1988 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Hmm then maybe I should continue using it. I am having a lot of hair & Black beard algae on my java moss. My 3 amano shrimp don't seem to go after it. They are still small though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furbs Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I think you should let your plants start absorbing those 50 nitrates before adding in more for the plants. This is not gonna be a fast, done in a week, project especially if you have a lot of stubborn algae. The plants will also need a week or two to establish themselves so adding in ferts now will likely just throw gas on the algae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darax Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) I have high-ish bioloads, so instead of easy green I put in some potassium every so often, and recently started using seachem flourish advance. At some point there will be critical mass and perhaps aco will make an easy-gree (no n) 🙂 should also note that I am running CO2. Recent pic: Edited March 15, 2023 by Darax 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I would let the plants adjust to your tank first, then see if there are any deficiencies before I start adding fertilizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darax Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 12:40 PM, Pepere said: You might add some floating plants to help soak up the excess nutrients even if ypu dont want floating plants long term… plants that float with their leaves out of the water can access copious airborne co2 so are not limited by co2 as submerged plants are. Any many 'stem plants' double as floaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1988 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 @DaraxYeah, I have java moss in there, 1 Anubis, 1 valensanoria and 2 crypt lucean. oh and a dwarf lily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rube_Goldfish Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 50 ppm nitrates is probably okay, though you'd definitely want to keep an eye on it and fast growing plants are a good idea. How do the fish look? Showing any signs of stress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1988 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 @Rube_GoldfishFish are fine, its just an algae issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisher Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I agree with adding some floating plants. When I did it I saw a vast improvement in algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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