Aetherial
Member
Hey all,
I'd like to start going to DIY route for my ferts, and after doing enough research, I think I'm ready to order everything I need.
Before I place my order, though, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know if I've got everything right!
All of this is very new to me, so I might have just gotten it completely wrong.
Not sure if all of this information matters, but better too much than too little, I suppose:
Tank size: 68x35x51cm - 120L/100L after hardscape/substrate, etc.
Light: 2x Superfish Retro Led Bright (93,96 Par), 2x Superfish Retro Led Combi (41,04 Par)
CO2 ~30PPM
Local water report (Not sure what's important and what not, so I'll include as much as possible. Avg - Min - Max format):
pH: 7,94 - 7,75 - 8,24
Chloride: 98 - 88 - 110 mg/l
Sulfate: 7 - 6 - 8 mg/l
Sodium: 39 - 34.4 - 42.4 mg/l
Potassium: 2.56 - 2.46 - 2.63 mg/l
Silicate: 10.5 - 10.1 - 10.9 mg/l
Calcium: 50.2 - 38.5 - 72.0 mg/l
Magnesium: 9.83 - 8.38 - 11.0 mg/l
GH: 9.3 - 7.5 - 12.3 °D
Ammonia: <0.03 mg/l
Nitrite: <0.01 mg/l
Nitrate: 3.67 - 3.26 - 4.33 mg/l
Phosphate: <0.03 mg/l
Iron: 0.01 - 0.01 - 0.024 mg/l
Manganese: <0.005 mg/l
Aluminium: 20.4 - 11.9 - 27.0 µg/l
Antimony: <1 µg/l
Arsenic: <0.5 µg/l
Barium: 18.0 µg/l
Boron: 40.9 - 38.7 - 42.5 µg/l
Cadmium: <0.10 µg/l
Chromium: <0.5 µg/l
Copper: 1.78 µg/l
Mercury: 0.020 µg/l
Lead: <0.5 µg/l
Nickle: <1.0 µg/l
Selenium: <0.5 µg/l
Zinc: <2.0 µg/l
Cyanide: <2 µg/l
Fluoride: 0.07 mg/l
Planning to order:
Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4)
Tenso Cocktail
Ascorbic Acid (E300)
Potassium Sorbate (E202)
Macro mix (3x per week 40 ML):
500 ML Bottle
480 ML Deionized water (To make the dosing a little more convenient)
14 Grams - Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
1.8 Grams - Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
15 Grams - Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4)
0.5 Grams - Ascorbic Acid (E300)
0.2 Grams - Potassium Sorbate (E202)
This would result in:
Nitrate (NO3): ~20 PPM per week
Potassium (K): ~30 PPM per week
Phosphate (PO4) ~3 PPM per wek
Micro mix (3x per week 40 ML):
Not sure how to mix this.
The site I'm ordering on states the following on the Tenso Cocktail:
32 grams in a 500ml bottle - dosing 4ml on 100L water (So for me that would be 3.2 grams in a 500ml bottle - dosing 40ml on 100L water) results in the following:
Borium - 0.014 PPM
Calcium - 0.068 PPM
Copper - 0.014 PPM
Iron - 0.101 PPM
Potassium - 1.010 PPM
Magnesium - 0.520 PPM
Manganese - 0.068 PPM
Molybdenum - 0.003 PPM
Sulfate - 1.1 PPM
Zinc - 0.014 PPM
I want to aim for 0.5 PPM Iron (FE), so that would mean I'd have to add ~5.3 grams to 480ml of water instead of 3.2 grams.
The thing I'm not sure about, though, is all the other compounds in here. I have no clue if any of these would become too high if I mix 5.3 grams with 480ml of water.
If that's fine, then my mix would be:
500 ML Bottle
480 ML Deionized water (To make the dosing a little more convenient)
5.3 grams - Tenso Cocktail
0.5 Grams - Ascorbic Acid (E300)
0.2 Grams - Potassium Sorbate (E202)
This would result in:
Borium - 0.070 PPM per week
Calcium - 0.340 PPM per week
Copper - 0.070 PPM per week
Iron - 0.506 PPM per week
Potassium - 5.060 PPM per week
Magnesium - 2.605 PPM per week
Manganese - 0.340 PPM per week
Molybdenum - 0.015 PPM per week
Sulfate - 5.511 PPM per week
Zinc - 0.350 PPM per week
I think that's all for now.
If there's any other information needed, please let me know!
Cheers
I'd like to start going to DIY route for my ferts, and after doing enough research, I think I'm ready to order everything I need.
Before I place my order, though, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know if I've got everything right!
All of this is very new to me, so I might have just gotten it completely wrong.
Not sure if all of this information matters, but better too much than too little, I suppose:
Tank size: 68x35x51cm - 120L/100L after hardscape/substrate, etc.
Light: 2x Superfish Retro Led Bright (93,96 Par), 2x Superfish Retro Led Combi (41,04 Par)
CO2 ~30PPM
Local water report (Not sure what's important and what not, so I'll include as much as possible. Avg - Min - Max format):
pH: 7,94 - 7,75 - 8,24
Chloride: 98 - 88 - 110 mg/l
Sulfate: 7 - 6 - 8 mg/l
Sodium: 39 - 34.4 - 42.4 mg/l
Potassium: 2.56 - 2.46 - 2.63 mg/l
Silicate: 10.5 - 10.1 - 10.9 mg/l
Calcium: 50.2 - 38.5 - 72.0 mg/l
Magnesium: 9.83 - 8.38 - 11.0 mg/l
GH: 9.3 - 7.5 - 12.3 °D
Ammonia: <0.03 mg/l
Nitrite: <0.01 mg/l
Nitrate: 3.67 - 3.26 - 4.33 mg/l
Phosphate: <0.03 mg/l
Iron: 0.01 - 0.01 - 0.024 mg/l
Manganese: <0.005 mg/l
Aluminium: 20.4 - 11.9 - 27.0 µg/l
Antimony: <1 µg/l
Arsenic: <0.5 µg/l
Barium: 18.0 µg/l
Boron: 40.9 - 38.7 - 42.5 µg/l
Cadmium: <0.10 µg/l
Chromium: <0.5 µg/l
Copper: 1.78 µg/l
Mercury: 0.020 µg/l
Lead: <0.5 µg/l
Nickle: <1.0 µg/l
Selenium: <0.5 µg/l
Zinc: <2.0 µg/l
Cyanide: <2 µg/l
Fluoride: 0.07 mg/l
Planning to order:
Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4)
Tenso Cocktail
Ascorbic Acid (E300)
Potassium Sorbate (E202)
Macro mix (3x per week 40 ML):
500 ML Bottle
480 ML Deionized water (To make the dosing a little more convenient)
14 Grams - Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
1.8 Grams - Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
15 Grams - Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4)
0.5 Grams - Ascorbic Acid (E300)
0.2 Grams - Potassium Sorbate (E202)
This would result in:
Nitrate (NO3): ~20 PPM per week
Potassium (K): ~30 PPM per week
Phosphate (PO4) ~3 PPM per wek
Micro mix (3x per week 40 ML):
Not sure how to mix this.
The site I'm ordering on states the following on the Tenso Cocktail:
32 grams in a 500ml bottle - dosing 4ml on 100L water (So for me that would be 3.2 grams in a 500ml bottle - dosing 40ml on 100L water) results in the following:
Borium - 0.014 PPM
Calcium - 0.068 PPM
Copper - 0.014 PPM
Iron - 0.101 PPM
Potassium - 1.010 PPM
Magnesium - 0.520 PPM
Manganese - 0.068 PPM
Molybdenum - 0.003 PPM
Sulfate - 1.1 PPM
Zinc - 0.014 PPM
I want to aim for 0.5 PPM Iron (FE), so that would mean I'd have to add ~5.3 grams to 480ml of water instead of 3.2 grams.
The thing I'm not sure about, though, is all the other compounds in here. I have no clue if any of these would become too high if I mix 5.3 grams with 480ml of water.
If that's fine, then my mix would be:
500 ML Bottle
480 ML Deionized water (To make the dosing a little more convenient)
5.3 grams - Tenso Cocktail
0.5 Grams - Ascorbic Acid (E300)
0.2 Grams - Potassium Sorbate (E202)
This would result in:
Borium - 0.070 PPM per week
Calcium - 0.340 PPM per week
Copper - 0.070 PPM per week
Iron - 0.506 PPM per week
Potassium - 5.060 PPM per week
Magnesium - 2.605 PPM per week
Manganese - 0.340 PPM per week
Molybdenum - 0.015 PPM per week
Sulfate - 5.511 PPM per week
Zinc - 0.350 PPM per week
I think that's all for now.
If there's any other information needed, please let me know!
Cheers