Potassium
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Yep I saw Epsom salts in pharmacy, will get them tomorrow, could you also kindly direct me to a link where I can find dosage rates for all these when I do get them one day? I hope I'm not being a drag asking all these questions, first time for me in this fertilising regime. Do I still dose my Duplaplant 24 with them? or would I be better off dosing flourish trace.
Thanks again for replys
Thanks again for replys
I'm not sure what the Dupla stuff has in it, but if you dose K, P, and N all you need is Flourish(not Flourish Trace....too watery), but Flourish, by SeaChem, some Iron and occasionally some Mg(epsom salts) and you're good to go. You may not even need the Mg if you have a decent supply of it in your tap water. BTW you'll also need to do weekly water changes. The plants will love it.
For dosages, once you're ready I'll give you the ballpark dosages based on your tank size and number of plants, and you can tinker from there.
Len
For dosages, once you're ready I'll give you the ballpark dosages based on your tank size and number of plants, and you can tinker from there.
Len
It's beginning to make more sense and a whole lot easier than I thought it'd be, except for buying the darn things to begin with. Thanks much for your help, once I get KNO3 and Mg, I'll be needing your dosage.
Might as well tell you the details of the tank now, it's a 33gal,weekly 50-70% water change, 3 30watt lights, pH 6.8-6.9, KH4, a bunch of ambulia, 1 corymbosa compact, 1 sword plant, 2 tiger lotus and 2 anubias on wood. Since I added the fleet enema, been battling green dust algae on the front glass.
Might as well tell you the details of the tank now, it's a 33gal,weekly 50-70% water change, 3 30watt lights, pH 6.8-6.9, KH4, a bunch of ambulia, 1 corymbosa compact, 1 sword plant, 2 tiger lotus and 2 anubias on wood. Since I added the fleet enema, been battling green dust algae on the front glass.
Once you get the other stuff and the CO2 up, KNO3, then add the KH2PO4/Fleet enema etc.
You'll see pearling if you do this.
If you need to add SC EQ and KNO3 regularly and you do the weekly water changes, then it is likely you can get most of the K from that alone.
Regards,
Tom Barr
You'll see pearling if you do this.
If you need to add SC EQ and KNO3 regularly and you do the weekly water changes, then it is likely you can get most of the K from that alone.
Regards,
Tom Barr
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Well just been back from pharmacy, they don't have Salt Petre, nor do they even have a listing for it, so cannot order it in, however she did find me some potass nitrate powder, which will take a few days to get in, and I got a bottle of flourish and some epsom salts.
You guys in US really have it easy in buying things don't you.
You guys in US really have it easy in buying things don't you.
OK, glad to hear it's falling into place. Yes, we kind of take a lot of things for granted here.
Here's the dosing schedule:
Traces - 10mls 2x week
KNO3 - 1/4 tsp after water change(test at mid week to see if more is needed. Try to maintain 10ppm)
Fe(Iron) - 5mls per 20 gals. 2x week
K2SO4 - 1/4 tsp. per 20 gals. after water change. Or you can mix a stock solution and keep in the refrigerator. Mix 1tbsp. K2SO4 with tap water in a 300ml bottle. Shake WELL until dissolved and dose 10ml 2x week in a tank of 30 gal. and over and 1x week in a tank smaller than 30 gal.
KH2PO4(Fleet Enema) 3 or 4 drops after water change. Test at mid week and if under .5ppm dose again to reach 1.0ppm.
I dose one of the above dosages after my weekly 40% water change and if needed the other dose comes at mid week.
It's essential that you do a water change weekly to "re-set" the tank if you go over or under during the week.
This schedule has worked well for me. Hope it does the same for you.
Len
Here's the dosing schedule:
Traces - 10mls 2x week
KNO3 - 1/4 tsp after water change(test at mid week to see if more is needed. Try to maintain 10ppm)
Fe(Iron) - 5mls per 20 gals. 2x week
K2SO4 - 1/4 tsp. per 20 gals. after water change. Or you can mix a stock solution and keep in the refrigerator. Mix 1tbsp. K2SO4 with tap water in a 300ml bottle. Shake WELL until dissolved and dose 10ml 2x week in a tank of 30 gal. and over and 1x week in a tank smaller than 30 gal.
KH2PO4(Fleet Enema) 3 or 4 drops after water change. Test at mid week and if under .5ppm dose again to reach 1.0ppm.
I dose one of the above dosages after my weekly 40% water change and if needed the other dose comes at mid week.
It's essential that you do a water change weekly to "re-set" the tank if you go over or under during the week.
This schedule has worked well for me. Hope it does the same for you.
Len
You can also try a farm store that sells Vet supplies. The one here couldn't find stump remover at first, but when I told him what I was actually looking for he told me he could get salt petre no problem and it was chemically the same stuff.
Hope that helps,
FASTRAKR
Hope that helps,
FASTRAKR
