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Seachem Flourish Excel 100ml
Seachem Flourish Excel 100ml

Seachem Flourish Excel

€7.99
€79.90 / l
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Seachem Flourish Excel is a source of carbon for aquarium plants. Use Flourish Excel as an alternative to CO2 fertilization or as an addition to it.

Available in:
100 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL, 2 L, 4 L
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Seachem Flourish Excel

Seachem Flourish Excel™ is a source of bioavailable, organic carbon. To grow, all plants need a source of carbon. This is usually obtained from CO2. It can also be obtained from simple organic compounds (such as photosynthetic intermediates). The use of either CO2 fertilization or Flourish Excel™ does not necessarily negate the use of the other. Both can be used simultaneously. There is a significant benefit to be gained from using Flourish Excel. The processes of producing photosynthetic intermediates and building upon them can occur simultaneously. The combination with CO2 fertilization is particularly ideal for situations where continued addition of CO2 can lead to dangerously low pH values. Flourish Excel™ also has iron-reducing properties that promote the ferrous state of iron (Fe+2). This can then be used more easily by plants than iron (Fe+3).

Flourish Excel operation

The reason plants need CO2 is to produce longer chain carbon compounds known as photosynthetic intermediates. Photosynthetic intermediates include compounds such as ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate and 2-carboxy-3-keto-D-arabinitol 1,5 bisphosphate. Although the names are complicated, the structures are quite simple (5 carbon chains). Flourish Excel™ does not necessarily contain these specific compounds, but it does contain one that is very similar. By offering Flourish Excel™ to aquarium plants, the step in the process that CO2 normally takes care of is bypassed. Instead, already completed connections of similar structure are inserted. It is in its similar structure that Flourish Excel™ can be used in the carbon chain building process of photosynthesis. Simple chemical or enzymatic steps can easily convert it into one of the above compounds (or a number of others).

Capacity: 100 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 2 L, 4 L

Flourish Excel dosage advice

For first use or after a major (>40%) water change, use 1 capful (5 ml) for every 40 L (10 US gallons). Then use 1 cap for every 200 L (50 US gallons) daily or every other day. For smaller doses, keep in mind that each cap thread is approximately 1 ml.

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Data sheet

Product type:
Plant food
Productname:
Flourish Excel
Manufacturer:
Seachem
Content:
50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL, 2 L, 4 L
Version:
Carbo

Specific References

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000116045506