Easy Green

Pros

• I am using easy green liquid and root tabs, and following their “seasoning” approach to a new tank. ... Apparently, when you have the right resources things don’t take that much time! We rescaped and planted SUNDAY NIGHT!!! it’s been fou...
• I use Easy Green and Easy Potassium from Aquarium Co-op, and I dose twice a week.
• I ended up getting easy green with how low tech/low maintenance this tank & plants are
• If you want a single fertilizer, don't get Flourish, get a comprehensive fertilizer like easy green or thrive.
• However Easy green provides 2ppm of potassium per full dose. So you'd only need a supplement to add more.

Cons

• Aquarium co-op says to keep dosing easy green until about 50ppm nitrites. ... Easy Green contains no nitrite. It does contain nitrate. 50 ppm nitrate is excessive, the 15 ppm you have are more than enough.
• using a fertilizer like Easy Green causes oxidative stress from excessive Fe bc of lack of Zn. Plants become unhealthy and algae grows on leaves. ... The problem is that specific fertilizer (and any fertilizer with excessive Fe), not fer...
• It's bc Easy Green has way too much Fe relative to the other micronutrients. It causes oxidative damage to the plants under high light intensities bc it lacks sufficient Zn.
• I used easy green forever but it had such a high nitrogen level it was too easy to overdo it and cause algae blooms.
• I was using easy green but I had BBA that wrecked my plants