Dry ferts dosing
- Thread starter kenshinH
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5 hrs is very short, even 6 hours is quite short although that is probably the minimum I'd go. What are your doses?
I have adjusted mt light timer to 8hrs (4p-12mn)
I dry dose the FF
1/8 tsp KNO3 3x a week
1/4 tsp KH2PO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp K2SO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp Plantex 3x a week
Saturday 70% WC
+ extra plantex on sunday
5ml excel everyday
Those doses are very different from the recommended doses found in the EI thread here:
I have adjusted mt light timer to 8hrs (4p-12mn)
I dry dose the FF
1/8 tsp KNO3 3x a week
1/4 tsp KH2PO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp K2SO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp Plantex 3x a week
Saturday 70% WC
+ extra plantex on sunday
5ml excel everyday
http://www.barrreport.com/showthread.php/2819-EI-light-for-those-less-techy-folks
60 – 80 Gallon Aquariums
+/- 3/4 tsp KN03 3x a week
+/- 3/16 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
+/- 1 tsp once a week (water change only)
+/- ¼ tsp (15ml) Trace 3x a week
50% weekly water change
i altered it, i already have high nitrates so lowered the dosage of KN03Those doses are very different from the recommended doses found in the EI thread here:
http://www.barrreport.com/showthread.php/2819-EI-light-for-those-less-techy-folks
60 – 80 Gallon Aquariums
+/- 3/4 tsp KN03 3x a week
+/- 3/16 tsp KH2P04 3x a week
+/- 1 tsp once a week (water change only)
+/- ¼ tsp (15ml) Trace 3x a week
50% weekly water change
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...pdated-10-10&p=1257519&viewfull=1#post1257519
That's very surprising given 70% water changes. Is there nitrate in your tap water? You cut the nitrate by 80% from the recommended dose, which gives you only about 4ppm of nitrate from dosing.i altered it, i already have high nitrates so lowered the dosage of KN03
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...pdated-10-10&p=1257519&viewfull=1#post1257519
I'm getting high nitrates reading because my tank is over stock, yesterday I remove 70% of my tank inhabitants, I never tested my water since then I guess my nitrates has gone down, in your opinion do I need to up the dosing of dry ferts?
Last week was 40ppm before i removed majority of my tank inhabitants, i haven't tested it yet, i use API liquid testing kit, after you mentioned my tank is loosing nitrates i immediately up the dosing i followed the 60-80 gals EI, i saw immediate result already, my wisteria leaves turned green.
60-80 Gallons
3/4 tsp KNO3 3x a week
3/16 tsp KH2PO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp K2SO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp (15ml) traces 3x a week
60-80 Gallons
3/4 tsp KNO3 3x a week
3/16 tsp KH2PO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp K2SO4 3x a week
1/4 tsp (15ml) traces 3x a week
40ppm is the result last time when i still have a ton of fish Lol... maybe the nitrates drop after i removed some of the fish,, after that i haven't tested my water, increasing the KNo3 made my wisteria green, planning on installing a pressurized C02, i am still doing some research on parts, buying the parts separately...Odd. 40 ppm is plenty of nitrate yet you increased the dose and the plants got better. Keep an eye on your CO2 levels now that you removed most of the fish from your tank. Less fish = less CO2.
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