Any Tropica Nutition Capsules users with shrimp?

[Salty&Onion]

Hi all, next Wednesday I'm going to my LFS and I'll be getting my new filter and those root tabs.
I read their ingriedient list and they contain 0.010% copper. They are slow release, but would they be harmful to my cherry, vamp, amano shrimp?
I saw on their youtube channel putting a capsule into the gravel while an amano shrimp walked past the camera. So would they be harmful to my shrimp?

 

[seangee]

That's the same percentage as Seachem flourish tabs. I use those in my tank with cherries.

 

[Salty&Onion]

That's the same percentage as Seachem flourish tabs. I use those in my tank with cherries.

Great then! Thanks! How much of those should I use for my enchidorus bleheri and my enchidorus spectra?

 

[seangee]

I usually just stick one at the base of each plant for the swords.
If you haven't bought them yet I did not like those because the little coloured beads do not dissolve and stay in the tank forever until you physically remove them. I always have good results with the Seachem Flourish tabs. Last time I tired to buy they were only available in packs of 10 so I ended up getting the JBL equivalent. These are much cheaper but only last 1 month instead of 3.

 

[Salty&Onion]

What do you mean by 'little coloured beads do not dissolve'? They have to dissolve, they are made out of clay and these are the only root tabs that my LFS sells.

 

[seangee]

Tropica Nutrition Capsules - bottom layer fertiliser for planted tanks - Tropica Aquarium Plants

Tropica Nutrition Capsules - root fertiliser for planted tanks. Especially suited for large plants. Improves colours and growth of the plants.

tropica.com

The capsules do not fully decompose and the small balls inside the capsules will remain in the substrate after all nutrients have been released. The balls are made of resin, which is biologically harmless.

Harmless but unsightly (IMO)

 

[Salty&Onion]

Mm, that makes sense after all. How would I get rid of them then? My substrate is really fine sand.