Fertilizers for aquarium plants

Fertilizers are important for the normal growth of aquarium plants . Ready-made liquid and dry fertilizers are on sale. But it is always possible to prepare homemade fertilizers for aquarium plants on the basis of a set of chemical elements purchased in stores for florists and truck farmers.

How to make fertilizer for aquarium plants?

We will use the following fertilizer recipe for aquarium plants:

• Fe - 2.67 g / l;
• K - 4 g / l;
• Mg - 1,1 g / l;
• Mn - 0.3 g / l;
• Cu - 0.05 g / l;
• Zn = 0.17 g / l;
• Mo - 0,02 g / l;
• B - 0.1 g / l;
• Co-0.012 g / l.

To ensure that our future fertilizer contains all the necessary substances in the correct concentration, take 700 ml of distilled water and solubilize the tracking reagents in it:

1. Citric acid is 30 g. This organic acid has complex-forming properties, it is necessary to prevent the metal ion from passing into a form not assimilated by plants. It is sold in any food store.
2. Iron sulphate (iron vitriol) - 10 g. Source of ferrous iron. You can buy in stores for gardeners and chemical stores.
3. Manganese sulphate - 0.5 g. Source of manganese. You can buy in agro-shops and chemical stores.
4. Copper sulphate (copper sulfate) - 0.05 g. Source of copper. You can buy in agro-shops and chemical stores.
5. Zinc sulphate - 0.6 g. Source of zinc. You can buy vagromash shops and chemical stores.
6. Magnesium sulphate - 10.54 g. Magnesium source. You can buy at agromagazinahi chemical stores.

Here, when adding, you need to pause for 1 hour.

7. Boric acid - 0.3 g. Source of boron. You can buy in agro-shops, pharmacies and chemical stores.
8. Potassium sulphate - 8.6 g. You can buy agrochemical stores in chemical stores.
9. Cytovit - 4 ampoules. Complex complete fertilizer with micro- and macro elements. You can buy in stores for gardeners.
10. Ferovit - 4 ampoules. Iron fertilizer. You can buy in the agro-shops.
11. Vitamin B12 - 2 ampoules. Biologically active substance, which is a source of cobalt. You can buy at the pharmacy.
12. Sulfuric acid - 20 ml. The acid regulator, prevents the change in the valence of manganese and iron, resists the destruction of citrates and the development of fungi and microorganisms in the resulting solution with fertilizers. It is usually sold in auto parts stores.

To make fertilizers for aquarium plants with their own hands, you only need to consistently dissolve all these substances in the water, waiting for the complete dissolution of each previous chemical.