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Professional Aquarium Plant Care is a
Science, Not a Secret.
Understanding nutrients is the first important step in achieving stunning aquascapes.
Getting started with planted aquaria can be daunting. That's why the Extraplant team, together with the folks over at Aqua Rebell have designed a startup-recipe for good allround basic nutrition. In many cases, that's all you need.
Should you aspire to more specialised plants or aquascapes, there's always our expert pages for additional products and combinations.
Please choose a category matching your current or intended setup to see a suggestion for an easy beginning:
Our advice for a safe start into professional aquarium plant fertilization:
Makro Basic - NPK combined with mit Mikro Basic Eisen Volldünger (Full Fe Complex).
Makro Basic NPK adds the most important macro-nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium to your aquarium. Mikro Basic Eisen Volldünger (Full Fe Complex) provides the essential trace elements of iron, manganese, copper, zinc, boron and molybdene. Moreover, it is rich in potassium and magnesium.
Your plants can draw on plentiful resources again and will thank you with lush growth.
Weekly water changes of 25% to 50% are recommendable. The dosage can be raised or lowered depending on your requirements. If your tank water shows high readings of nitrate and/or phosphate from the start, this fertilizer is not suitable for your aquarium, though. It has been designed to prevent the accumulation of large concentrations of macronutrients. If high levels of nitrate and/or phosphate occur, please reduce the dosage.
You can adjust the dosage of the two components roughly by the amount of light and CO2 you supply:
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This adds the following Nutrients:
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