Tsarmina Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 i need to know if this will cause issues with any of the fish listed below. black ghost knife guppies danios bristlenoses chinese algae eaters peppered corys sword tails rosy barbs tetra: buenos aires, pristella, black widow, serpae, neon, glowlight. thanks :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have no problems with my guppies, bristlenoses, peppered corys, or lemon and cardinal tetras. I'm double dosing everyday because I have heavily planted tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 i am confused between flourish excel and the normal flourish. which one should be get just for regular dosing? i thought excel is a carbonate supplement if used in conjunction with Co2 injection is useful for getting rid of algae problem. NOrmal flourish is actually what we need to feed the plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 i think excel is a carbon supplement (or something like that) and normal flourish is just your average fertiliser for all round usage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Flurish Exell killed all the GBA's in Adele's tank when she used it but did not seem to harm anything else . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 i think excel is a carbon supplement (or something like that) and normal flourish is just your average fertiliser for all round usage? Yep. Flourish is a trace elements fertiliser (good product, good price) Flourish Excel is a carbon supplement Flourish Iron is an iron supplement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 thanks people. it is being used to treat an algae problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yep. Flourish is a trace elements fertiliser (good product, good price) Flourish Excel is a carbon supplement Flourish Iron is an iron supplement oh heck.....get them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWKIWI Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Tsarmina, What sort of algae? I had a serious brush algae problem in one of my tanks, used single dose of "excell" for about a week, introduced a young "Flying fox", algae gone in just over a week. Still don't know if it was the "excell" or the algae eater, or a combination of both!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 the long black fluffy stuff. am hoping to avoid buying another fish just to eat it as there are 5 tanks with traces of it and i don't have room for another algae eater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I got it out of my tank with a combination of water changes to reduce nutrient, flourish excell to promote plant growth and strip nutrient. This combination is an expensive catch 22 situation so in the end I left the lighting the same, added flourish excell at the normal rate and did about 50% water changes every 3-4 days. I just ignored the instructions and dosed at the normal rate you would without water changes. My guppies got suicidal at the higher application rates. Took time but it worked. My tank is heavily planted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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