Hi All,
Just started dosing EI, and wanted a little help confirming that my calculations are correct.
Tank 128L
PH 6.8
GH 8-10
78W T5HO
Pressurised C02 FE method., drop checker lime green at bottom corner.
All other water conditions ok
Where in need to check is my conversion from 3 x a week to daily (so i dont forget!) so had to modify the calculations on Cegs Article.
As Follows:
As per the article Dose 3/16 KN03, 1/16 KH2PO4, 1/2 mgSO4 3 x a week.
Add these together to get the total added per week, then divide by 7 to get a daily dose.
this works out to be (converted to decimal for ease of calculation)
0.08 tsp KN03, 0.026 tsp KH2PO4, 0.21 MgSO4 tsp per daily dose for a 20 Gallon tank.
I have a 28 Gallon, so multiply by 1.5 (close enough)
I then calculated based on a monthly solution (30 Days):
Multiply the values by 30 to get the total dose, in a 500ml solution.
3.5 tsp KNO3(ish) 1.25 tsp KH2PO4(ish), 9.5tsp MgSO4(ish).
Divide the 500ml solution by thirty to get my daily liquid dose. (approx 17ml, dosing 15ml)
50% water changes weekly.
The other thing that concerns me is the high amount of Magnesium sulphate, I havent done a carbonate hardness check on the water, should I worry about this too much and what affect would it have if it is high...?
Thanks for the help!
Chris
Just started dosing EI, and wanted a little help confirming that my calculations are correct.
Tank 128L
PH 6.8
GH 8-10
78W T5HO
Pressurised C02 FE method., drop checker lime green at bottom corner.
All other water conditions ok
Where in need to check is my conversion from 3 x a week to daily (so i dont forget!) so had to modify the calculations on Cegs Article.
As Follows:
As per the article Dose 3/16 KN03, 1/16 KH2PO4, 1/2 mgSO4 3 x a week.
Add these together to get the total added per week, then divide by 7 to get a daily dose.
this works out to be (converted to decimal for ease of calculation)
0.08 tsp KN03, 0.026 tsp KH2PO4, 0.21 MgSO4 tsp per daily dose for a 20 Gallon tank.
I have a 28 Gallon, so multiply by 1.5 (close enough)
I then calculated based on a monthly solution (30 Days):
Multiply the values by 30 to get the total dose, in a 500ml solution.
3.5 tsp KNO3(ish) 1.25 tsp KH2PO4(ish), 9.5tsp MgSO4(ish).
Divide the 500ml solution by thirty to get my daily liquid dose. (approx 17ml, dosing 15ml)
50% water changes weekly.
The other thing that concerns me is the high amount of Magnesium sulphate, I havent done a carbonate hardness check on the water, should I worry about this too much and what affect would it have if it is high...?
Thanks for the help!
Chris