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  1. darren636

    TDS

    Yes. Full ei could double your tank water tds.
  2. darren636

    Advice on dosing my 1st planted tank

    Give it a try. Fish waste might be enough
  3. darren636

    Advice on dosing my 1st planted tank

    Eco complete has no major nutrients, I'm not familiar with the excel stuff, does it contain. Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium?
  4. darren636

    Advice on dosing my 1st planted tank

    Light causes algae. Full dose, unless you've used a nutritious substrate with lots of n.p.k
  5. darren636

    When to dose

    Sounds good to me.
  6. darren636

    Switched to EI - What went wrong

    1/4 ei is probably more than enough, Try to split the dosage into daily additions.
  7. darren636

    EI dosing

    I use 1/4 ei dosage in my low tech 260 litre. Any more than this just increases my ppm exponentially and is a waste.
  8. darren636

    Whats the best

    1/4 E.I.
  9. darren636

    More concentrated EI solution

    Why not just add the dry salts to the aquarium You'll need to work out how many spoonfuls of each powder.
  10. darren636

    Low tech dirted tank - ei dose amount?

    I use less than 1/4 dosage on my low light low tech 260 Works well
  11. darren636

    Pottasium Questions

    Just Google potassium in plants. Its pretty vital to food crops, I doubt its any less so in aquarium plants.
  12. darren636

    has anyone used TNC Plugs and TNC Complete

    but then again, nearly all other 'tabs' are pretty rubbish, containing very little
  13. darren636

    has anyone used TNC Plugs and TNC Complete

    Tnc tabs are very good
  14. darren636

    Tnc complete or tropica specialised

    Tnc seemed very expensive compared to tropica.
  15. darren636

    Some Help Please..

    When dosing carbon you also need to add full spectrum plant food , flourish contains only trace elements- unless you are using individual bottles of flourish nitrogen, potassium , phoshpate? I would recommend EI for any tank.
  16. darren636

    Aquanano 40 - Dosing Advice Please.

    As Tim says, by dosing carbo you are encouraging plant growth, macro becomes essential
  17. darren636

    Aquanano 40 - Dosing Advice Please.

    I would add a small amount after every water change, or you could add it when you see the need
  18. darren636

    Aquanano 40 - Dosing Advice Please.

    If you want greenery, you need macros :)
  19. darren636

    Aquanano 40 - Dosing Advice Please.

    Which seachem food? Most do not contain. NPK - the macro nutrients
  20. darren636

    My plants are dying! What to do?

    pretty much, the co2 / light combination seems the issue here.
  21. darren636

    My plants are dying! What to do?

    Sand works as well as any inert substrate.
  22. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    I guess it would be on the 'lean' side. With no livestock entering this system , I can experiment freely. Thanks all
  23. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    2-3 times dose per week? Interesting.
  24. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    yep. Got guidance, but no indicators of % npk etc. I only used dry powders before
  25. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    Just curious to see what people do , in terms of double dosing etc. I have no idea if its a strong fert or not.
  26. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    My 40 litre quarantine. So, 30 litres of water , the rest florabase and plants. No fish.
  27. darren636

    tropica specialised dosage

    After driving around the south west of England this morning, I finally found a shop that actually sells ferts that contain npk ( note to all other shops- NPK IS WHAT WE WANT, SORT IT OUT) . anyway... What dosage do people go with on a high tech setup. ? PS. Thanks aquajardin for having...
  28. darren636

    Ready to switch to EI

    Just pour half dose in. Or even the full amount. Water change will reset it later
  29. darren636

    JamesC akadama recipe...

    Mmmm, feet soup...
  30. darren636

    Ran out of Nitrate

    what is your tap water nitrate figure? Your plants should be ok for a few days, you could decrease lighting if you are worried.
  31. darren636

    New to plant fertiliser...

    how much are you using in your tank? mine makes no difference to my tank water colour. my bottle of trace is orange in colour.
  32. darren636

    complete noob, advice needed

    do some reading of peoples journals here, after a while you get a grip on things.
  33. darren636

    complete noob, advice needed

    carbon is ok. Root tabs are ok too.
  34. darren636

    complete noob, advice needed

    buy an ei starter kit from aquarium plant food uk. dosing once a week will not work in your high tech set up. i mean, you will feed the fish every day, so feed the plants too.
  35. darren636

    Slow growing plants and feeding

    try washing your filter foams every month. Probably best to do only half each time.
  36. darren636

    Slow growing plants and feeding

    what is your cleaning ritual like? how often do you rinse the filter media etc? what flow do you have around the tank?
  37. darren636

    The mysterious case of the melting frogbit

    have they come from a humid environment- a lidded tank?
  38. darren636

    Elos Fertilizers, who is using it?

    your plants certainly do look happy
  39. darren636

    Elos Fertilizers, who is using it?

    that is my thoughts.... What can benefit plants . I think i tend to use my dry salts like a hammer.
  40. darren636

    Elos Fertilizers, who is using it?

    well.... At those prices it should be good.
  41. darren636

    Elos Fertilizers, who is using it?

    how are you getting on with these?
  42. darren636

    What ferts would you recommend?

    how do you think the plants will go without food?
  43. darren636

    What ferts would you recommend?

    feet mix!!! is that with extra sock fluff? :clap:
  44. darren636

    What would cause leafs to look like this

    that is serious flow!- my fish wouldnt' last long in that !
  45. darren636

    What time of day should I add FERTS ?

    do plants only use minerals etc when lights are on? i expect they use nutrients constantly, as we do.
  46. darren636

    Fertiliser Help!

    aquarium plant food UK. Get their ei starter kit. 18 pounds. Will last you many months. Works good.
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