CrystalClear Thrive Pond Plant Food, Fish Safe Fertilizer, 30 Tablets | For aquatic water gardens, nutrients boost lily & lotus flower bloom and root growth

I had never grown a Lotus before, though we have certainly enjoyed using the root in our Asian cooking. However, in our last batch of tubers we bought, there was a joined pair that had a small shoot between them and for kicks I thought I would try growing one. Using a shallow 5" deep plastic pan that holds about a gallon of soil, I planted the tubers in a bit of soil to barely cover them, and kept it wet. When the sprout surfaced the soil I thought I just might have success and bought a small 20 gallon pond tub, and using bricks placed under the shallow pan, filled the tub full with water so that the soil surface of the small pan was about 4" below the surface of the water. When the sprout came up and leafed out I was delighted, but noticed that it wasn't as green as it should be (the plant definitely needed more nitrogen), so after reviewing Lotus fertilizers settled on the CrystalClear Thrive Aquatic Plant Fertilizer (10-14-8) based on customer reviews, and I'm so glad I did! Within a couple weeks of using the first tablet we had more shoots coming up from the pair of tubers and they leafed out into nice big and VERY green and beautiful healthy leaves, both floating on the surface or rising above it. Today I will be placing the second tablet into the soil, and although we have absolutely no idea what color of flower this plant may produce (since it was Lotus root tubers purchased at an Asian market, all I know is they were a product of Mexico), we're definitely excited to find out as the plant now has 11 large leaves, and it's only been about 5 weeks since we placed our first tab in the tub of soil. I'm definitely sold on the CrystalClear Thrive Aquatic Plant Fertilizer. I'm not new to gardening by a long stretch, but I *am* new to growing pond plants, having only admired them growing in botanical gardens or pond nurseries over the years (which is why seeing that nice pair a tubers with a tiny sprout starting between them piqued my interest). The product took a plant that was growing in an environment weak in nutrients, gave it what it was needing and turned it into a healthy plant with luscious green leaves that are strong and healthy. Now to just sit back and wait for a flower (or more) to bloom and surprise us with its beauty!

Stuff is fantastic. No powder either, super easy to plant down in the soil. Plants are growing like mad! Our lizards tail and elephant ears EXPLODED with growth, and even the floaters (hyacinth, parrots feather? Seem to he benefiting from it leeching out of the soil. Highly recommended.

Perfect for my little pond! Very effective, easy to use (just add a tablet to plant!). Highly recommend. Thank you. I will be returning!

Too soon to give a true reply on the product, I will not see the results for some time. When I see how it works I plan to update my review. I can say it looks good, packed so tablets would not breakup (packed with cotton to take up space). It came on time and the price was O/K. Also easy to use, just push finger in the mud, push in tag and recover hole.

I had bought some really expensive water plants four our small outdoor pond. I was worried because they did not seem to be thriving and maybe my media was not going to work for the roots. But I added several pellets to the roots of the plants and within days the water was as clear as a freshly cleaned swimming pool and the plants had doubled. A few days later they plants have quadrupled in size of the plant or new plants grown and the tadpoles from all the eggs our little chorus of frogs laid will have a chance this year. Last year, without the plants, they were like sitting ducks for a passing bullfrog. This product worked extremely well which is something you cannot always say about aquarium and pond products. My only criticism is that there appeared to be a number of pellets that had broken and crushed to powder. I think you can just add the powder but using the pellet is easier to get into the root system of the plants which is where you want it to go. Overall, I am very pleased with this product and will purchase again.

Purchased March 18, 2026 and I have been using it on my Nymphaea odorata, which is growing and looking great. When I went to use it on May 1, 2026, I found that all the tablets have turned into powder. I would like to know how much product is in each tablets (is it about 1 teaspoon?) so I can estimate and continue to use it and not lose my $25.00. Update: Google suggested putting 1/2 to 1 tsp in coffee filter paper and twisting the top to make a quasi tablet and placing it in the soil. I tried that and it worked!

was basically just powder, even toward bottom of container, can't use in pond except when repotting water lilies (sprinkled beneath soil in closed pot) will use for other plants (very expensive way to buy multi-purpose fertilizer) and bought PondTabs which came intact....

contrary to other reviews the plant food came in cubes, not powder. I think given other ones i have used, you can't get them wet before pushing into water plant pots or else they will become powder. I am happy with my purchase.