Fertilizers safe?

[Elliriyanna]

Are plant fertilizers such as Seachem Flourish safe to use in an ADF tank? I want the very best for my little ones

[mpmistr]

I would recommend against this.

[Elliriyanna]

Thats what I was thinking as well ... especially with frogs... I just keep having the planted tank people telling me I need this and that

[mpmistr]

Get fast growing plants that don't need fertilizers.

I suggest water sprite, wisteria, java fern, anubius, ect.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Well,
I have been using it for years on my planted 46g bow front.
with no ill effect to my DAF.
I use only
Flourish 250mL
and follow the directions to the letter.



Now that is on a tank that has a lot of small fish like neon tetras and one small frog.
So not a lot of wastes for the plants to process.

Now ACF are kinda heavy waste producers.
and if you don't have a lot of plants and only a few frogs.
then you shouldn't need any fertilizers.
But if you have lots a plants and only one frog then maybe.

[Elliriyanna]

Thats what I was going to use

and I did order low light low maintenance pets

I am thinking of underdosing a bit since it says one teaspoon for every 60 gallons 1 - 2 times a week ... I only have a 5 gallon so I would only need like a drop each dose ...

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

5 gallons how many frogs do you have?

you really don't need the fertilizer.
For that small of a tank and even just one ACF.

[Elliriyanna]

I dont have any ... The tank is in the works ... I am still cycling my current 5 gallon and I have another on the way which will be the ADF tank.

I want my plants healthy and future my frogs ...