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help me sort out my dosing scheme?

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well ive got my tank set up for some time now with 7 crypto. beckettii and 2 anubias eyes, stock is 11 cardinal tetra's 1 madagascan rainbow, 2 small ancistrus temmenkii and 4 japonica shrimp. however i upgraded my lighting to 2wpg and added the tetra disposable C02 so i ordered the following:

From http://www.java-plants.com:
5 x Echinodorus Tennellus
5 x Hygrophilia Polysperma
5 x Red Ludwigia
5 x Ambulia Aquatica
5 x Bacopa Monniera
5 x Red Ivy
5 x Diplis Diandra
5 x Vallis Torta
5 x Elodea Densa
5 x Hairgrass
5 x Bacopa Caroliniana
5 x Sagittaria Subulata

so my final list will be:
5 x Echinodorus Tennellus
5 x Hygrophilia Polysperma
5 x Red Ludwigia
5 x Ambulia Aquatica
5 x Bacopa Monniera
5 x Red Ivy
5 x Diplis Diandra
5 x Vallis Torta
5 x Elodea Densa
5 x Hairgrass
5 x Bacopa Caroliniana
5 x Sagittaria Subulata
2 x Anubias Eyes
7 x crypt. beckettii

From Aqua Essentials:
250g potassium nitrate
100g trace mix
100g mono potassium phosphate

can someone please help me to sort out my dosing routine for this tank? I will be doing the 50% water change on sunday afternoon's

Thanks, Paul
 
its a juwel rekord 600, only holding 59-60 litres though due to displacement. i have a new juwel 600 l/h pump sourced on ebay and will order it within a week or so

Thanks, Paul
 
That's a huge amount of plants for a 60-litre tank (same as mine, Rekord60/54litres/15US gallons)?

Dosing regime would be as simple as following the guide for your tank size for EI.
 
thats the amount of plants arriving from the 24" tropical collection from http://www.java-plants.com

KN03 powder, 20g.3 and a little bit teaspoons into 250ml of water
KP04 powder, 7.5g/1.5 teaspoons into 250ml of water
on mon/wed/fri and a 50% WC on sunday

how much trace elements do i dose?

Thanks, Paul
 
for trace you need- 10g trace>250ml water.
then 2.5ml per 50L of water 3x a week.

WORKING-60/50L=1.2--> 1.2x2.5ml =3.7ml per day...so round it to 4ml per day 3x a week.

hope this helps :D
 
no probs...it took me a while to get my head around E.I, and now i have made an equation that is (i think) fool proof for E.I dosing in a tank for both macro and trace. :D
good luck with it.
 
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