mark4785
Member
Hello,
I was recently referred to this website by the owner of a company named Fluidsensor who supplied me with the dry fertilisers needed to start an estimative index dosing regime.
I purchased from him, the following to make to two separate forms of nutrient solution:
Macro-nutrient Dry Chemicals:
Micro-nutrient Dry Chemicals
I mixed the dry macro-nutrient substance into a container of 250ml DI water and did the same for the micro-nutrient substance.
After doing this, I have been following a typical EI dosing regime which involves doing the following from day-to-day:
Sunday 50% water change. Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Monday Add Traces
Tuesday Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Wednesday Add Traces
Thursday Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Friday Add Traces
Saturday Rest day
I have been adding 13ml of macro-solution on the designated days shown above, which equates to just above 8.5 ppm of nitrates added 3x a week.
I have been adding 10ml of the trace/micro-nutrient solution 3x a week too.
Right, now, it is understood what dosing regime I'm using and what chemicals are involved with it, I'd like to describe the concern I have.
Ever since starting with EI dosing involving the chemicals above, my API freshwater nitrite test kit has been indicating that there is anywhere between just over 0 ppm of nitrite in the water to just over 0.50 ppm. The aquarium has been established since August 2010 following a fishless cycle and hasn't seen a visibly fluctuating nitrite level until I started EI dosing.
Could somebody please tell me if the aquatic life in my tank is in immediate danger of death due to a real nitrite issue OR whether the nitrite test kit is incompatible with the nutrient solution(s) causing an inaccurate reading??
Thanks,
Mark.
I was recently referred to this website by the owner of a company named Fluidsensor who supplied me with the dry fertilisers needed to start an estimative index dosing regime.
I purchased from him, the following to make to two separate forms of nutrient solution:
Macro-nutrient Dry Chemicals:
- -Potassium Nitrate
-Potassium Phosphate
Micro-nutrient Dry Chemicals
- -Trace elements consisting of Fe 8.4% (EDTA), Mn 1.82% (EDTA), Zn 1.16% (EDTA), B 1.05%, Cu 0.23% (EDTA), Mo 0.15%
-E300 Absorbic Acid
I mixed the dry macro-nutrient substance into a container of 250ml DI water and did the same for the micro-nutrient substance.
After doing this, I have been following a typical EI dosing regime which involves doing the following from day-to-day:
Sunday 50% water change. Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Monday Add Traces
Tuesday Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Wednesday Add Traces
Thursday Add Macros (KNO3, KH2PO4)
Friday Add Traces
Saturday Rest day
I have been adding 13ml of macro-solution on the designated days shown above, which equates to just above 8.5 ppm of nitrates added 3x a week.
I have been adding 10ml of the trace/micro-nutrient solution 3x a week too.
Right, now, it is understood what dosing regime I'm using and what chemicals are involved with it, I'd like to describe the concern I have.
Ever since starting with EI dosing involving the chemicals above, my API freshwater nitrite test kit has been indicating that there is anywhere between just over 0 ppm of nitrite in the water to just over 0.50 ppm. The aquarium has been established since August 2010 following a fishless cycle and hasn't seen a visibly fluctuating nitrite level until I started EI dosing.
Could somebody please tell me if the aquatic life in my tank is in immediate danger of death due to a real nitrite issue OR whether the nitrite test kit is incompatible with the nutrient solution(s) causing an inaccurate reading??
Thanks,
Mark.