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What are the advantages of a CO2 plant fertiliser system? How do you connect a CO2 fertiliser system to your aquarium?

What makes for ideal plant growth? All the factors for good plant growth: light, LED, tubes, fertilisation, fertilisation quantity, fertilisation monitoring, influence of water conditioners, chelated iron.

How do you connect a CO2 fertiliser system for aquarium plants to the aquarium? What order do you assemble a JBL ProFlora m CO2 system in and what’s important when you’re assembling it?

In this video, biologist Heiko Blessin explains why plants need CO2 at all, why aquarium plants have different requirements and how to connect a JBL CO2 system. CO2 fertilisation for aquariums has never been explained more simply or more understandably!

A deep gorge cuts through the middle of the tabletop mountains in Venezuela. The wind propels the rushing water and the fish play in the water currents flowing through the tiny crevices.

With this layout I wanted to display a Nature Style Aquarium featuring roots, which is both easy to implement and attractive.

The original idea behind my layout was a massive rock face, completely filled and raised from behind with soil substrate, so that it covers the background completely. You can use small plants and even ground-covers at the top and back of the layout.

The basic idea for this year's ADM was for the apprentices to try out the (currently very popular) technique of gluing wood and stones with superglue and cigarette filters.

With this aquarium I wanted to show that you are not limited in height and can work beyond the frame. "Lost forest" was the motto, because behind all the plants you can only guess what is happening.

Based on our own experience in customer service and the many messages and questions we receive, we have put together the typical mistakes beginners may make. The experienced aquarist might well smile, but if they are honest, these are mistakes we all made at the start, aren’t they?

The intention was to use roots and stone to create two islands, separated from each other by sand or a dense carpet of ground cover plants.

This layout consists of nothing but a beautiful, very unusual piece of wood which has been carefully positioned in the aquarium along the principles of the golden ratio.

The dimensions of the aquarium they were given and its built-in filter inlet and outlet, lead this team to choose a nature aquarium with a triangular layout. The motive shows the bottom of a tree protruding into a riverbed.

Garvin, der bekanntermaßen gern Effekte mit Spiegeln, LED-Beleuchtungen und Höhlen erzeugt, hat mit seinen Schülerinnen eine Wasserfläche unter Wasser vorgeschlagen. Eine der beiden Schülerinnnen hatte die Idee, damit einen Flusslauf mit hineinragenden Bäumen an seinem Ufer zu gestalten.

This way of directly determining the CO2 content will help you to set the ideal bubble count on your CO2 system and to monitor the quantity you add.

The JBL plant care concept leads to vigorous and healthy growth even with the most demanding aquatic plants. JBL has all the components you need, whether it’s a fertiliser, a bottom substrate or a fully automatic CO2 fertiliser system.

Below you will find an outline graphic with examples to explain the structure and interconnections of all the CO2 components.

Heeft u ooit wel eens live gezien hoe groot het verschil is tussen een plantenaquarium met en zonder CO2 bemesting?

The discussion, whether aquariums also work without CO2, is as old as modern aquatics itself. One thing is clear: aquatic plants need carbon for their growth.

If we transfer this Liebig’s Law of the Minimum to the aquatic field it quickly becomes clear how important balanced fertilisation is for plant aquariums.

In the fourth part of the series “The story of liquid CO2 fertilisation” we examine what we consider to be the most important aspect. The health of your animals but also of you, the aquarium owners is our number one priority.

In the fourth part of the series “The story of liquid CO2 fertilisation” we examine what we consider to be the most important aspect. The health of your animals but also of you, the aquarium owners is our number one priority.

In the third part of our series “The story of liquid CO2 fertilisation,” we look at the CO2 content of the “liquid CO2” products which are added to the aquarium.

In the second part of the series “The story of liquid CO2 fertilisation” we examine how glutaraldehyde containing products work on plants.

In the first part of the series “The story of liquid CO2 fertilisation” we look at the active substance of the products considered liquid CO2.

Vaak word in discussies onder aquariumliefhebbers over vloeibaar CO2 gesproken dat een conventioneel CO2-systeem of een bio CO2-systeem zou moeten gaan vervangen.

Kooldioxide is de voedingsbasis voor waterplanten, die aangevuld wordt met micro- en macro-voedingsstoffen en licht. Voor een prachtige plantengroei in het aquarium is een balans tussen alle elementen noodzakelijk.

De wet van het minimum, heel verstandig door Justus von Liebig geformuleerd, komt op het volgende neer: De plantengroei wordt bepaald door de voedingsstof die relatief het minste aanwezig is. Wanneer een voedingsstof wordt toegevoegd, die reeds in ruime mate aanwezig is, dan heeft dit geen enkele invloed op de groei.

In tegenstelling tot natuurlijke wateren is er in een aquarium met vissen doorgaans een voedingsstofoverschot door het voeren en de daaruit voortkomende uitscheiding van de vissen. Zo hebben planten in ruim voldoende mate nitraat en fosfaat tot hun beschikking.

Elke avond ziet mijn aquarium eruit als een whirlpool met duizend kleine zuurstofbelletjes. Dat is het moment dat ik achterover leun en me ontspan na een lange dag.