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  1. M

    Review my fert solution mix

    Hi, This will be the first time I am getting into making my own solution from dry salts and EI dosing. I have purchased dry EI fertilizer kit from PlantedBox (link to kit) and am looking to make EI solution (separate macros & micros) based on the IFC Fert Calculator. The kit contains: • 500gr...
  2. M

    Dry salts where to buy in EU?

    Hi Folks, I have a 54 litres high tech tank and am planning to try out the EI dosing method with dry salts for macro and micro. I am based out of Denmark and finding it difficult to source the salts here. Most of the sites (solufeed preferred) are based in UK and do not deliver to Denmark...
  3. M

    Ei method soft water?

    Hello everyone, friends. I have a question on my mind for a long time. 1st question = Does the ei method work in very soft water with 0 Kh - 3 Gh? Or will the ei fertilizer rates be too high? Have you tried the ei method in soft water before? If yes, can you share the tank pictures...
  4. F

    KCl and KH2PO4 solubility

    Hi everyone, hope you are all well. I have a problem, hoping for some advice. I have been using potassium chloride, potassium phosphate and epsom salts as my macro mix (EI). I have been adding epsom salts every water change, since all the salts wouldn't dissolve in a bottle. However since...
  5. M

    Pale Yellow Growth in Rotala Green with EI Dosing

    Hi all, I've been struggling for a while now with the color in my Rotala Rotundafolia Green. I've had this tank set up since November and haven't been able to get the proper vibrant green out of my plants. Rotala Green, being a fast grower, shows the most egregious signs of the pale growth as...
  6. Geraint Anderson

    EI Rest Day

    It's the day off important in the EI schedule? I'm not very consistent with water changes and usually i skip a day of fertiliser with the intention of doing a water changes the next but something comes up and i don't actually do a change until a few days later. That means i end up not dosing for...
  7. Geraint Anderson

    Why add fertilisers and additional plants to combat algae?

    Hi, I've had my tank set up almost a month and am looking to start adding fertilisers which I'm probably going to use the Estimative Index. But there seems to be conflicting information about the nutrients in the tank, so I think I'm missing something. On the one hand, all the information...
  8. DutchMuch

    TryHard Dutch Aquascape (Ukaps Edition!)

    Hey there guys welcome to my journal, I figured i'd make one on here since I have one on just about every other forum. I am currently in the progress of creating a Dutch Aquascape, this of course is a work in progress as I am currently working on dialing down fertilization methods that are on...
  9. Matt Horne

    Auto E.I Dosing

    Hi all, I brought a Jecod/Jebao DP-3 dosing pump today, but I can't seem to dose the Macro and Micro on different days. I can only select 'Times per day', 'Interval days', 'Dosing time' and 'Volume'. So I cant select separate days if that makes sense. Is there anyway around this? Could I dose...
  10. Paulo Soares

    Water Change Methods (Considerations For Debate)

    For Planted Aquariums With Estimative Index Good day, First let me tell you that since I embrace this hobby and as time goes by I always question my self some theorys and methods that are taken as functional and it seem also cientically proven without question. Well.. since I remember myself...
  11. Pedro Viveiros

    Estimative Index and Light

    Hello everyone, This is my first tank, as described below. Recently I had some Stag Horn algae, and diatoms, I tested the NO3, that was 0 ppm, and made some “emergency” fertilization, noticing improvement in plants... After that, I decided to initiate the EI method, but I’m confused about the EI...
  12. mede

    Initial values PO4/NO3/Fe start up using EI-method?

    Hi everyone! I've setup my scape last weekend and planted it with the plants from my previous tank (submerse), mainly HC, Staurogyne sp., Limnophilia and some mosses. I'm using the EI-method for fertilization and I was wondering if the best way is to just start with day one of adding...
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