About Aquaflora system

Aquaflora application program

Aquaflora aquarium fertilizers

Only 3 steps – it’s simple

1

Measure water parameters essential to plants with accurate and easy-to-use Aquasets – Aquaset 1 Basic and Aquaset 2 Floraย  – and Aquatests.

2

Go to the Water parameters section and enter your measurement results. You will obtain information on how to choose proper fertilizer. On the website you can also find the calculators designed for Aquaflora products. Using calculators makes it easy to calculate accurate dosage of fertilizers.

3

Provide all the needed nutrients for your aquarium water using Aquaflora fertilizers specifically suited to plants.

Why do plants need supplementation?

Tap or demineralised water, e.g. purified by reverse osmosis, are the most common sources of water for filling up an aquarium. In both cases, the amount of nutrients required by plants is usually not sufficient. Plants left in a nutrient-deficient water, after using all substances accumulated in tissues, stop growing, and after some time begin to die. Even if it was possible to use natural water, e.g. from a place the plants come from, nutrients are absorbed by growing flora and subject to degradation as a result of various processes taking place in the artificial ecosystem of an aquarium. Deficiencies of different elements are marked by different symptoms such as: growth inhibition, spots and holes spread all over leaves followed by their discolouration and finally death.

Why there is no single universal fertilizer?

Proper growth of plants requires constant supply of all vital nutrients. Poor choice of fertilizers and their wrong balance may occur dangerous both to plants and animals inhabiting an aquarium. Requirements for supplements vary between an planted aquarium with limited stocking density, a new tank just after setup and a well-established one with plants and fish. Choosing right fertilizers and using them in a proper way is of great importance to achieve good results and enjoy thriving plants in your aquarium.

What role do the elements vital for plants play?

N
nitrogen

Essential component of organic matter present in plants including amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids.

P
phosphorus

Involved in life and energy-carrying processes of plants. Component of, among others, ATP and phospholipids.

K
potassium

Enhances CO2 assimilation, activates many enzymes and is essential to maintain proper osmotic pressure in cells.

C
carbon

Basic building block of plants.

microelements

Mg
magnesium

Vital enzyme activator. Magnesium is the central element in chlorophyll – the green pigment in plants essential in photosynthesis.

B
boron

Essential for proper cellular differentiation. Influences both carbohydrate conversion and transport.

Co
cobalt

Activates enzymes.

Cu
copper

The component of enzymes vital in photosynthesis.

Fe
iron

Essential component of enzymes involved in breathing processes and photosynthesis.

Mo
molybdenum

Enzyme activator involved, among others, in one of the stage of photosynthesis.

Mn
manganese

Involved in nitrate assimilation. The component of enzyme taking part in nitrate reduction.

Ni
nickel

The component, among others, of enzyme urease involved in assimilation of ammonium.

Zn
zinc

The activator of many enzymes essential to nitrogen metabolism in plants.

V
vanadium

Activates enzymes.

Se
selenium

Enhances plant immunity to oxidative stress.

Ca
calcium

Essential for plant growth. Calcium is involved in building cell membranes and influences their permeability. Activates some enzymes.