The Importance of Maro and Micronutrients

The Natural Planted aquarium style of aquatic gardening tends to be less occupied with how plants are arranged and without more than the bare minimum in lighting, substrate and dosing aquarium water. While there is something to be said about the elegance of growing a planted tank with little to no effort, if growing the most robust and lush looking plants possible is your aim then you will want to get to know the importance of macro and micronutrients for plant growth. The Macro Nutrients that are most important for day to day plant growth are Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus (or CO2 and NPK for short).

Nature Habitat Liquid Fertilizer

Nature Habitat Trace ( Brown Fluid ) is a trace element mix of iron, cobalt, chromium, copper, iodine, manganese, zinc and molybdenum. Nature Habitat Macro (Clear Fluid ) are all of the above but with added N and P – Nitrogen and Phosphate. When plants show signs of micro nutrient deficiencies you will see that the plant may look as if it is growing as normal, but the new growth is pale or white. This is due to the fact that plants can only obtain micro nutrients from the substrate or water column as it grows, where as if the plant is showing signs of macro (N, P, K - Nitrogen, Phosphates, Potassium) deficiencies, you may see the plant show signs of stunted growth, deformed leaves, and premature die off, pin holes in the leaves or signs of brittle leaf structure. Plants have the ability to obtain macro nutrients from other parts of themselves. Plants will store macros in leaves, bladders or bulbs under the substrate as part of its root system, so when plants are running low on macros it may be a sign of long term deficiencies.