FishWorks
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Hey everyone,
So I have done some research on how to properly dose micronutrients.
I have come to mixing 10L distilled water with 10grams of ascorbic acid, then mixing in the micronutrient crystals, one by one to full dissolution.
I believe the ascorbic acid lowers the PH solution to maintain stability so the trace elements are readily available to plants when dosing.
With rotala butterfly calculator, my nutrients concentrations have led me to dose about 20mL of the micro solution, 3x per week.
This goes into a 400L tank, currently on EI method.
Is this dosage acceptable? or should I increase nutrient concentration and a dose smaller fluid amount like 10mL?
I ask because, shouldn't I be trying to minimize the fluid dose since I will be adding more of ascorbic acid when I dose 20mL than say 10mL.
I know that the 20mL dose is less than 1% of the tank volume, possibly insignificant, but I am quite poor in chemistry.
So I have done some research on how to properly dose micronutrients.
I have come to mixing 10L distilled water with 10grams of ascorbic acid, then mixing in the micronutrient crystals, one by one to full dissolution.
I believe the ascorbic acid lowers the PH solution to maintain stability so the trace elements are readily available to plants when dosing.
With rotala butterfly calculator, my nutrients concentrations have led me to dose about 20mL of the micro solution, 3x per week.
This goes into a 400L tank, currently on EI method.
Is this dosage acceptable? or should I increase nutrient concentration and a dose smaller fluid amount like 10mL?
I ask because, shouldn't I be trying to minimize the fluid dose since I will be adding more of ascorbic acid when I dose 20mL than say 10mL.
I know that the 20mL dose is less than 1% of the tank volume, possibly insignificant, but I am quite poor in chemistry.