Superthrive

[fishbone]

Any gardeners here that are familiar with the Superthrive product?
I looked around and see if it's a common thing to put in tanks but no results. It's either a very idiotic idea I'm thinking here or just not that many people thought about it. I was reading some reviews on Superthrive on Amazon and one customer stated he is using it in his aquarium with no ill effects to the inhabitants, also noting that his plants seem to grow faster and the floating ones shooting roots quicker too.
For those not familiar with the gardening product, it's essentially a combination of a bunch of vitamins and hormones and it's generally used for plants when transplanting, pruning roots or rooting cuttings. It is, in a sense, steroid for plants. It's claimed effects have been a subject of debate for just about tens of years, for as long as the product has been around. Many swear by it, others claim it does next to nothing or hardly anything at all.

Just thought I'd throw it out there for feedback.

[Ichthius]

That's very interesting. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the product in aquariums or otherwise. It's not uncommon for aquarists to use gardening products (like soils, pond plant substrate, etc) in aquariums though. If you've got a tank you can try it in, why not.

Maybe someone else will have experience using the product. Would be interesting.

[oblongshrimp]

sounds interesting. I think thats basically what ADA Green Gain is suppose to be. As long as it doesn't have urea in it (which from the sound of it its just hormones and such and not ferts). If I see this stuff around I will have to give it a try

[fishbone]

I'll give this a shot. I will contact the one person I saw on Amazon provide feedback on this very issue and see what he/she has done and will come back with info. You should be able to find the stuff at your local nursery. It's mentioned alot in the bonsai circles [I'm a bonsai hobbyist wannabe].
They said 1 drop per gallon and never had problems with inverts, snails or fish.

I'm still looking up what's in it but it seems to have loads of B-vitamin.

Later edit: this is what I've found

Hello,
Superthrive is simply Vitamin A,B,C,D,E and K with IBA and 1-Naa, two hormones that control elongation and can be used to promote rooting. The rest of the solution is water.

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Superthrive I find is real handy for cloning, but dont overuse it as the 1-NAA becomes inhibitory if too much is used, in other words it stops the plants rooting. IBA also causes elongation in flowering, it leaves the buds with large gaps where there should be pungent female flowers, I dont use it ever during flowering for this reason.

For the most part Superthrive helps with cloning/cuttings, establishing roots and helps bring back brittle/dying plants.

[gil_ong]

looks like i should get some for my yard.