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Easy Root Tabs

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  • Stimulates growth in root-feeding plants 
  • Full of essential plant nutrients and minerals
  • Safe for shrimp, snail, and fish

If you have rooted plants in your aquarium, Easy Root Tabs are a great option to give your plants even more nutrients than substrate and fish waste alone. They're packed with mineralized top soil containing red clay and many other essential minerals plants need to thrive. Unlike many other aquarium root tabs out there, Easy Root Tabs do not contain ammonia-based ingredients and will not cause harmful effects if the contents of the capsule are released into the water column. 

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Monthly Plant Supplement

Our Easy Root Tabs make it easier to deliver fertilizer right to the roots of your plants. Our blend of mineralized top soil and nutrients provides all the essential building blocks that plants need to grow and thrive. Replenish monthly or as needed to keep your plants looking their best.

Hungry Root Feeders

Many plants like Cryptocoryne and sword plants prefer feeding from their roots and need nutrient-rich substrate. If these plants start yellowing and melting back, feed them lots of root tabs to ensure they grow big and healthy leaves.

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Stronger Roots

When you use root tabs, this encourages the plant to grow stronger and more plentiful root structures. This helps prevent the plant from getting accidentally uprooted by Corydoras and other fish that dig for food.

Root Tab Placement

When first planting, place root tabs directly under the plant. Each month you can expand outwards with the root tabs as the roots will continue to stretch out through the substrate. Large plants often need several root tabs — 1 in the center and a few in a circle around the plant.

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Usable in all Substrates

All substrates can use root tabs. The goal is to have a rich-nutrient substrate that consists of a mix of fish poo and nutrients. Root tabs bring the essential nutrients that can be missing from your fish food. Enriched aqua soils start out as a rich nutrient substrate, but over time the nutrients are consumed and need to be replaced or re-mineralized with root tabs.

Fish, Shrimp, and Snail Safe

Easy Root Tabs are safe for fish, shrimp, and snails. They are best planted at least an inch below the surface of the substrate.

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Build the Easy Planted Aquarium

For the ultimate Easy Planted Aquarium, use Easy Root Tabs paired with Easy Green fertilizer and the Easy Plant LED to get incredible results and healthy plant growth.

Customer Reviews

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Kieran M.
Perfect size for the ez planters

I tossed 2 under my easy planters on a previous order. They make the plants explode in size and they're easy to use.

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Jan W. (Deltona, FL, US)
Root tabs

Love these root tabs! They are easy to put in the tank and don't take long to start working.

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Bel (Cape Coral, FL, US)
Gets soggy and sticks together

I opened them again recently to use them and the casings got gooey and stuck together. Now this could just be me... I do live in a humid area. I also can't remember if they had an oxygen absorber and I just removed it or not. I was able to get them apart without breaking though and they still did their job... Actually I think it worked better because they didn't pop up.

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Bryan P. (Chalfont, PA, US)
Root tabs

These tabs work great, my aquarium plants are all thriving which helps keep my fish happy and the water clean

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Sara (Round Rock, TX, US)
So Good I Had to Buy More

This is my second purchase. They have everything my stem plants crave. Apparently, shrimp do, too, as they have attempted to dig them up, so bury them deep.

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Kelly (McKinney, TX, US)
My Favorite Root Tabs!

I have used others that are non-encapsulated and they leach into the water column as I’m planting or if my goofball Loaches decide to dig them up a few weeks later and make the substrate look messy. These are easy (although they may spring up until you get the hang of them) and my plants look amazing! Will continue to restock these.

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Joe (Boston, MA, US)
Root tabs

Worked great for my new plants. All of them are thriving. Aquarium co-op is great!

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Sam M. (Lee's Summit, MO, US)
Easy Root Tabs

Just like the name, they are easy to use and I have seen great results out of my plants because of them.

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John K.

Works great

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Frank K. (Lehigh Acres, FL, US)
Root Tabs

Easy to use and my root feeding plants look great!!

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