Hydra Core Nutrition

essential nutrition. Simple, complete and hassle-free.

Choose Core Nutrition if you want to give plants the essential macro and micronutrients in an easy routine.

It is the entry point of the Hydra range for planted aquariums and includes the two products that form the basis of fertilization: Hydra Macros + Hydra Micros.

It's for you if...

• Do you want a simple and complete fertilization routine?
• You have a low tech, medium or high tech planted aquarium
• already have co₂ or other carbon source, or do you prefer to manage it separately
• Do you want to avoid buying macros and micros individually?

what includes

✓ Hydra macros — NPK, magnesium and base nutrients for growth

✓ Hydra Micros - Iron and micronutrients for color, metabolism and deficiency prevention

Which system to choose?

color — Essential Nutrition: Macros + Micros

pro nutrition — Core + Hydra Carbon, for those who want nutrition and carbon in a more complete solution

pro growth — Pro Nutrition + Dark Magic, for those looking for maximum performance and biostimulation

If you have any doubts, Core is the right choice when you only look for the nutritional basis.

How to use — Reference for 100 L

Hydra Macros: 1 Pump/day in aquariums little to moderately planted; 2 Pumps/day in heavily planted aquariums. Use 6 days a week and take a break from the 7th day, ideally with 20–40% TPA. 1 Pump ≈ 2 ml.

Hydra Micros: 2 ml/day in aquariums little to moderately planted; 4 ml/day in heavily planted aquariums. Use 6 days a week and take a break on the 7th day.

Always adjusts the dose to the amount of plants, lighting and availability of CO₂.

Estimated duration — aquarium of 100 l

250 ml: about 10–20 weeks
500 ml: about 20–40 weeks

The result we are looking for

Greener plants, balanced growth and fewer signs of nutritional deficiencies — with a simple and predictable routine.