aquarium dosing help

[DoctaQ]

i plan on getting ferts from http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com/index.asp?Option1=cats&Edit=2&EditU=1&Regit=2
into a high light pressurized co2 tank 20 gal long (in my signature)

what do you reccomend for a dosing schedule? i suppose i plan on dosing the 1/8th tsp of potassium nitrate and 1/32nd tsp of potassium phosphate, 3 times a week
should i worry about iron and what would you reccomend for that? how important is the trace as well?

can i mix the potassium nitrate and phosphate together , iron and trace as well? i was under the impression that two ferts ( i forget which two) will precipitate

 

[dundadundun]

it's iron and phosphate that precip.

i dump all mine in a pill organizer. if they're dry precip should not be an issue in the tank. it's just not concentrated enough at that point.

the one i would consider not dosing according to the post by john n. in the sticky in this section would be k2so4 (potassium). it should be supplied sufficiently by dosing kh2po4 and kno3. you could dose iron too if you'd like but it's in plantex as well.

 

[coach_z]

:iagree:

 

[DoctaQ]

okay so i should be fine making a combo of the potassium nitrate and potassium phosphate and a seperate one of plantex trace dealie right? i want to make it into a solution that i can dose

 

[dundadundun]

absolutely

 

[DoctaQ]

sweet, ordering now then

 

[coach_z]

Solutions, IMHO, are a pain in the rear to make and to dose. Dry dosing so so much easier.

 

[DoctaQ]

possible, i have a reef in the same room and dont want to mix up the solutions either

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

Solutions, IMHO, are a pain in the rear to make and to dose. Dry dosing so so much easier.

What is dry dosing?

 

[dundadundun]

Solutions, IMHO, are a pain in the rear to make and to dose. Dry dosing so so much easier.

:iagree:


dry dosing is dumping dry fertilizers into the current in the tank as opposed to making mixes in liquid form to dose later.

kh2po4, kno3, k2so4, plantex, gh booster, etc. can all be dry dosed.