Hey all,
Rather new to all of this and have been experimenting with dosing amounts recently. I have a heavily planted 45l tank, and currently dose Tropica Specialised 3 times a week, M/W/F one pump/2 ml a day, and then dose Easylife Profito the other days, 1ml a day.
But when I experimented with just using the Tropica Specialised daily, which has Nitrogen in, I saw my nitrates rise significantly by the end of the week.
So to my question, is it just the case of bringing the dose back till it doesn't go crazy or is it something to do with my test kit? Is nitrogen a compound in the nitrates that would give false results on my tests? (I am using the API liquid test kit)
I do get good plant growth dosing it 3 times a week and the Easylife the other days, but saw a big jump in the plants growth when using just the Tropica daily.
Thanks,
Tyler
Rather new to all of this and have been experimenting with dosing amounts recently. I have a heavily planted 45l tank, and currently dose Tropica Specialised 3 times a week, M/W/F one pump/2 ml a day, and then dose Easylife Profito the other days, 1ml a day.
But when I experimented with just using the Tropica Specialised daily, which has Nitrogen in, I saw my nitrates rise significantly by the end of the week.
So to my question, is it just the case of bringing the dose back till it doesn't go crazy or is it something to do with my test kit? Is nitrogen a compound in the nitrates that would give false results on my tests? (I am using the API liquid test kit)
I do get good plant growth dosing it 3 times a week and the Easylife the other days, but saw a big jump in the plants growth when using just the Tropica daily.
Thanks,
Tyler