to Excel or not to Excel.....

[crispo069]

Someone recently warned me about the use of Flourish Excel with a certain species of plant......could someone please refresh my memory???

Tanks a million

 

[Hoovercat]

Anacharis and Vals of most if not all varieties are sensitive to excel.

 

[Purrbox]

Hoovercat has correctly identified the plants that tend to have problems with Flourish Excel. In addition some people have reported having problems with a few other plants like Riccia, but so far this has been unconfirmed.

 

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=37

Seems blyxa aubertii may have some problems with it aswell. *I don't know the source of the claim tho.

 

[crispo069]

someone just confirmed the riccia through a double dose....ok, so I guess I wont be using the Excel.....I was planning on getting some Vallisneria Nana.

Thanks.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

The vals that I had no problems with using excel is corkscrew vals. They seem to handle it well, as long as you aren't overdosing it. But the jungle vals I had just melted completely away.

 

[rich311k]

This is why this is hobby is so much fun. I had the opposite from Wolf. My corkscrews wasted away and my jungles just kept pumping out new plants.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

This is why this is hobby is so much fun. I had the opposite from Wolf. My corkscrews wasted away and my jungles just kept pumping out new plants.

Like they say in this hobby, no 2 tanks are alike.

 

[crispo069]

gee thanks....

clear as mud.....

I guess if I experiment, I might want to try some cheapeez first.