Features
- 500ml / 17 fl. oz
- Provides 14 elements critical to long-term health, growth, and coloration
of aquatic plants.
- Elemental ratio reflects current understanding of general requirements
for unrestricted growth of tropical aquatic plants.
- May be used to establish beneficial water parameters in new aquaria, to
replenish depleted elemental concentrations in aquaria that rarely receive
a water change, and to re-establish concentrations in aquaria following
large water changes.
- Well-suited to the planted aquarium hobbyist seeking one simple solution
to use for the majority of plant husbandry requirements (e.g. aside from
instances when specific water parameters require adjustment).
- Also provides 0.001% iodine to enable crustaceans (such as shrimp) to
molt and grow.
- Formulated utilizing extensive research on aquatic plant nutrient requirements.
Description
FlorinMulti
Technical Overview:
Nutrients are substances required by plants for survival; they are collectively
involved in all aspects of the biological and chemical reactions that allow
plants to function properly. Brightwell Aquatics FlorinMulti provides these
substances in concentrations found by researchers to be necessary for long-term
health of tropical aquatic plants. These elements, and some of the processes
that they are involved in, are:
Potassium - Protein synthesis, water and charge balance, enzyme activation.
Boron - Chlorophyll production, flowering, root growth, cell function.
Carbon - Required for all organic compounds. and permeability, enzyme activation,
cell response to stimuli.
Copper - Component of enzymes utilized in redox reactions.
Iron - Required for photosynthesis, component of enzymes utilized in redox
reactions.
Magnesium - Component of chlorophyll, enzyme activation.
Manganese - Formation of amino acids, enzyme activation.
Molybdenum and Cobalt - Required for nitrate reduction.
Nickel - Enzyme activation.
Sulfur - Component of proteins and the coenzymes.
Zinc - Chlorophyll production, enzyme activation.
Note that Oxygen and Hydrogen are also required not included in the list of
components that comprise this solution. FlorinMulti does not contain phosphorus
or nitrogen; our extensive experience with planted aquarium husbandry has
led us to believe that these nutrients should be added directly if/when desired
by the hobbyist in accordance with plant needs.
Instructions and Guidelines:
Basic: For the first 3 - 5 weeks of use, add 5 ml (1 capful) of product per
50 US-gallons of aquarium water once each wee
planted aquaria and/or those that enjoy rapid plant growth (such as aquaria
with intense lighting and CO2 supplementation) may benefit from more frequent
supplementation. When used in this fashion, 250 ml treats up to 2,500 US-gallons
(9,464 L).
Advanced: FlorinMulti provides nutrients in the following ratios: 133.3 K
: 0.02 B : 1.8 C : 46.7 Ca : 131.6 Cl : 0.003 Co : 0.01 Cu : 1.0 Fe : 0.3
Daily dosing is recommended, as it maintains a more stable and natural environment
than dosing weekly, in which nutrient concentrations spike just after dosing
and then gradually decrease throughout the course of the week. To dose daily,
add 6 drops per 50 US-gallons per day; adjust dosing volume after 3 - 5 weeks
in accordance with appearance of plants and perceived need for nutrients.
If, through continued dosing, the concentration of elements in an aquarium
is in excess of that required by plants for continued health, some amount
of enrichment may occur; this does not negatively impact the plants. Enrichment
is minimized by ensuring that none of the nutrients becomes limiting to plant
production, and in many cases the limiting nutrient will be carbon; in such
instances, adding a carbon source can dramatically increase the rate of plant
growth, and the growth rate itself may be controlled to some extent by regulating
the amount of carbon made available. In this manner, the rate of plant growth
may be made more manageable by the hobbyist if such rapid growth is unwanted.
Caution:
Keep out of reach of chidren.
