Should I dose fertilizer weekly or daily?

[Tuydark]

The title says it all, should I dose the fertilizer (sera florena, liquid) weekly or daily? I just feel like putting that much fertilizer at once wont provide the plants well enough, or at least not consistently troughout the week, wouldn´t it be more efficient dividing it and do it daily? Any thoughts??

 

[Crispii]

I usually fertilize my plants once a week.

 

[seangee]

I do once a week at half the recommended dosage.

 

[AquaBarb]

Yeah me too, once a week at half dose. (Day after a water change)

 

[Colin_T]

Get an Iron (Fe) test kit and monitor the iron levels in the tank. Keep them at 1mg/L (1ppm).

You will probably have to dose daily or several times a week for the first few weeks, due to the plants using the nutrients as soon as it's made available to them. After they have been fertilised for bit, they don't take up as much and you might fertilise less often.

Do a 75% water change before adding fertilisers. this reduces any that is left in the tank and makes it less likely to be overdosed.

Remove carbon from filters when using fertilisers.

 

[Tuydark]

thanks a lot guys

 

[Tuydark]

but isn´t the fertilizer that it is not being consumed by the plants, consumed by the bactéria?

 

[Colin_T]

no

 

[Tuydark]

I do once a week at half the recommended dosage.

yo dude, what are those cool floating plants with those massive roots???

 

[AbbeysDad]

I fertilize following each water change...however, I only fertilize enough to keep plants growing well. As a long time fishkeeper, I use plants, especially fast growing floating plants, to aid in water purification. Everything in the water gets into our fish through osmosis. Adding too much fertilizer could be detremental to fish health and well being and seems counter productive to my goal of water purification.

 

[Retired Viking]

I agree with @AbbeysDad , I fertilize the next day after I do my water change. I use flourish but at 1/2 dosage.

 

[seangee]

yo dude, what are those cool floating plants with those massive roots???

Amazon frogbit