steveninaster
Member
First of all sorry for newbie quetions.
I have a 150ltr medium\low light planted tank which up until 2 weeks ago was dosed using easycarbo and profito.
The tank was ok, plants not growing much, not unhealthy. So I decided to switch to DIY CO2 which has given me 20-25ppm. Tank looks much more vibrant and I am pleased with the results.
My profito is about to run out and I am considering switching to EI.
Today I did some tests
kH 13, gH 16,
Fe 0,
P 1.0
N 30.
Obviously the increased CO2 has stripped the Iron so I have upped the dose which will in turn hopefully reduce nitrates. My nitrates are always high as my tap water is 20-25ppm. If I feed this info into nutri-calc it tells me to dose for P,K,Mg and trace.
Should I dose Mg if my water is so hard and therefore probably contains a fair amount?
Should I dose at the level suggested as my lighting and CO2 levels are not high tech?
I was considering dosing at half rate, what do you think.
Thanks for any advice given
I have a 150ltr medium\low light planted tank which up until 2 weeks ago was dosed using easycarbo and profito.
The tank was ok, plants not growing much, not unhealthy. So I decided to switch to DIY CO2 which has given me 20-25ppm. Tank looks much more vibrant and I am pleased with the results.
My profito is about to run out and I am considering switching to EI.
Today I did some tests
kH 13, gH 16,
Fe 0,
P 1.0
N 30.
Obviously the increased CO2 has stripped the Iron so I have upped the dose which will in turn hopefully reduce nitrates. My nitrates are always high as my tap water is 20-25ppm. If I feed this info into nutri-calc it tells me to dose for P,K,Mg and trace.
Should I dose Mg if my water is so hard and therefore probably contains a fair amount?
Should I dose at the level suggested as my lighting and CO2 levels are not high tech?
I was considering dosing at half rate, what do you think.
Thanks for any advice given