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if mixed i think they go mouldy after 4 weeks or so maybe longer if stored correctly .

I think in high tec tanks most still dose full EI as they see the soil as more of a safety net.

must be a good lfs to offer a choice, mine are still in the mind set that ferts cause algae.

Can one of you guys just cast your eye over my dosing measurements for my 120l tank, and tell me if they seem right. As this is my last attempt at a planted tank just want to make sure I'm coved. over the week divide in to 7 equal daily doses. 1 t spoon potassium phosphate 2 t spoons kno3 3 tea...

probably fine mate just letting you know there's some stuff out there which inst what it seems

my kno3 is a bit yellow and ive heard that that's the colour its meant to be. also came from a sponsor so im sure they wouldn't send out the wrong gear. my e-bay kno3 was white and i had all sorts of BGA problems.

I'm just going to replace my kn03 with this and dose potassium phosphate and trace as before. then see what happens I've mixed it in one litre as the recipe definitely says to. still not 100% I'm adding the right amount but i re did my calculations and 45ml seems about right.

thanks for sharing this tobi. seems to get the thumbs up. im going to give it a go my question is if i mix as your recipe. how much do i need to add to a 760l tank, is 45ml per day about right. will that give me 20ppm a week EI levels? don't want to get it wrong and poison my fish or starve my...

i over dose a lot on the same size tank so i can say you need not worry every day i add 2tsp kno3 1tsp potassium sulphate 1/4tsp potassium phosphate my plants may not be in great health but the fish are fine ive been told and checked 1/2 this dose is just over the ei formula so id start there if...

what i meant about the D/C was before i started double dosing is was yellow. when i upped the dosing it went green. i was still turning the gas to get it yellow again despite a huge increase already yesterday i changed my reaction method, so ill see what happens today if it still needs turning...

I started double dosing EI values about 2 or so weeks ago on my 750l tank. I knew my co2 uses would go up so I turned my dennerle reg from 6.5 turns to 7.5 turns (cant count bubbles and I cant remember out how to convert to percentages) I've been increasing slowly and am now on 9 turns and still...

i read it on here some where one its been in the tank 12 hours its not as potent that's why it needs to be dosed daily. i could have remembered that wrong as i cant find the post. but im almost 100% sure that's what i read.

don't forget easycarbo is only good for about 12 hours. so you need to factor that in.

if your dosing easycarb you need to do it every day only last 12hours in the tank its not 100% necessary if you have stable gas injection. in some peoples opinion its not good for some plants and critters, there's a few articles on here discussing it .

it is a nice looking thank just didn't think it was necessary to dose both.

why liquid carbon as well as your Co2. i know you can use both but thought with gas co2 liquid carbon was unnecessary

i haven't any recent pics of my tank i dont have a decent camera. the shots my phone takes aren't very good and i cant get the whole tank in. when its grown in a bit ive got a mate who takes photos im going to ask him.

hi waynermills nice looking tank ive got a 750l tank and run less light than you (342w you've got 510w) and have 2 dennerle cyclone reactors in my sump. i think youl need some thing manly to cope with demand for co2 as your plant mass increases as for flow i fond 10x just want enough.30 on a...

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/deficiencies.htm that might help learning about algae i was where you are about a year ago. such a big tank is hard to get right. enough flow is tricky. and co2 uses is high. what do you have fir filtration

it a high tec with about 360 some thing watts of light and the waters on a trickle change system so im glad it sounds a right a maybe a bit rich that's what i was aiming for thanks for your help mate

so i think my dosing is about right now in my 750l after problems with hard water and trace im putting it one t spoon of nitrate and 1/2 of phosphate a day and adding trace as per manufactures advice does the sound about right on salts thanks for any help

its really cheap to set up and you will stick with it once you use it maybe some one local to you can help you out with a couple of weeks worth

tap safe wont make a difference to your hardness but wont do your fish any favours ive started using the stuff off ebay 2 drops neat and half a does of macro every day as well and waters stayed clear im keeping an eye on plants see how the do

James ive received my trace from the link you provided on e bay i was wondering they say to dilute if im dosing a 750l tank could i just add 2 ml neat ive sent the seller a message but had no reply

as its only a fiver i might just get some and give it a go should i use the 8 drops a day or should i add in a bit more as ive got high light "(1ml for every 100 litre aquarium water daily), and dosage can be various due to light wattage, CO2 dosage, numbers of plants etc."

thanks james i knew id have to change to a HEEDTA chelator was just hoping there was a fix for the type i have seems to work just looks horrible thanks for the links ill give the ebay one a go next time probable be a few months yet tough

No i dose different days im in Huntingdon my waters about 32 dkh ive even tried dosing in to parts 3 hours apart still goes cloudy just only half as bad each time i think i read on james planted tank large tanks cloud more with this problem when i was dosing my 26l this never happened

thanks james i looked at that but wasnt sure of the chelator they use and seems to be high in cooper

hi guy's im dosing EI on my 750l my trace is clouding my water i know its the phosphate and iron bonding and i know its because ive got very hard water and im using AE trace which uses EDTA as a chelator. so i was wondering if there's some thing i can do about it other than change product. as...

i was wondering could you frezze ferts then if someone's babysitting your tank you could use a freezer bag and say 2 lumps of the clear one lump of the brown for example just a thought

thanks tom i did think about just turning the water on Sunday night high so the change was done quickish over 6 hours in one go. i don't like the idea of trusting timers and things to much to go wrong i know loams of people use them but would always worry me. unfortunately i don't think i could...

Ok ill try leaveing a gap between the two i have been doesing both at the same time and geting cloudy water i thought they both had to be there from lights on. Thought the 2 hour gap would cause problems. Didnt relise i was loesing some of the benifet looks horible to

i clean my filter every 6 six weeks or so its pre filtered as well so im sure thats clean and. i normally pull of dead leaves when i see them. as we talked about the other week im hoovering my gravel bi weekly now with a small 5% water change.i just ues the trickle water change method because 2...

not any recent ones only have a camera phone

hi guys at the moment im using the pmdd method on my 750l tank. ive been looking at the result everyone has with ei and it seems the way to go. the question i have is im using a trickle` water change system on the tank. so no weekly 50% change. well there is just takes the whole week. so do you...

hi i need help with a dosing plan my tanks about 700l water volume with water flow that moves all the plants co2 injected light green checker with 342w of t5ho lighting ive tried ei could never remember what i was meant to dose. and doing water change on the same day every week was hard. i...

ok thanks im guessing it would be best to start with half a g or some thing

hi welcome to ukaps have you looked in to dry salts lots cheaper and there's loads of information a on here. and really helpful people. ive just started useing after the initial information learning part it seems to be straight foreword. ive still got a look to learn but some one will always...

just for future reference how much iron do you think needs to go in the trace mix.

thanks mate good to know.ive book marked that link.

hi agian trying to figger this out. do i just add this http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/chelated-iron-ph-68-p-885 to get nearly the same as trace plus. if so how much, or as im already using the newer stuff does the low iron not really matter. im confused if i do have to add this how much do i...

ive just started a 1 kg bag of the other stuff don't really want to bin it would rather "fix" it

Hi guys just been reading this and some of the links ive got the standed trace mix the wrong one would i be right in thinking i just need to add iorn to get trace + thanks

ill take a look thanks i think its because i made it to strong 12 doses for a 750l tank 34 tea spoons pushing it in 500ml of water

thanks guys i think ill try both ill use warm water and only mix enough for 2 week

hi every one just mixed up my first batch of ferts in to di water the salts didnt desolve like i thought they would is this normal or should i have used warm water thanks or your help