What is the Growth Rate difference in: Lean Dosing vs Full Estimative Index?

[hn5624]

I'm kind of curious here, in my lean dosing buce tanks I don't think I see much growth on a week to week basis. I can only see growth if I view it from month to month.

I don't like doing water changes, but if keeping my nitrates at 30ppm will speed up growth rates a ton without too much algae I might make the switch.
Anyone have experiences they can share regarding the growth rates on slow growers such as anubias and buces?

 

[Bradders]

I'm kind of curious here, in my lean dosing buce tanks I don't think I see much growth on a week to week basis. I can only see growth if I view it from month to month.

What kind of growth were you expecting for the plants?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I'm kind of curious here, in my lean dosing buce tanks I don't think I see much growth on a week to week basis. I can only see growth if I view it from month to month.

You won't get fast growth whatever you do, they just don't have the capacity for fast growth.

I don't like doing water changes,

I'd really recommend some water changes, ideally probably little and often.

but if keeping my nitrates at 30ppm will speed up growth rates a ton without too much algae I might make the switch.

I'm pretty sure that isn't a recipe that is going to work. Most aroids are like orchids and bromeliads, plants adapted to "petrol fumes".

You could add more nutrients if they were grown emersed, they would have access to aerial CO2 and you wouldn't have to worry about the leaves becoming algae ridden.

I'd guess even then that maximal growth is on fairly lean rations and that you could tip over into toxicity fairly quickly.

Cheers Darrel

 

[hn5624]

What kind of growth were you expecting for the plants?

It's at like 1 leaf every 2 weeks for most buces.
1 leaf per week would make this a lot more exciting.

 

[hn5624]

Hi all,

You won't get fast growth whatever you do, they just don't have the capacity for fast growth.

I'd really recommend some water changes, ideally probably little and often.

I'm pretty sure that isn't a recipe that is going to work. Most aroids are like orchids and bromeliads, plants adapted to "petrol fumes".

You could add more nutrients if they were grown emersed, they would have access to aerial CO2 and you wouldn't have to worry about the leaves becoming algae ridden.

I'd guess even then that maximal growth is on fairly lean rations and that you could tip over into toxicity fairly quickly.

Cheers Darrel

Yeah I figured this might have been the case.
I was thinking more so just dosing 30ppm of nitrates and a 80% water change once a month to reset. A 50% water change is the same amount of work as an 80-100% since I only have 10 gallon tanks.

Etc, maybe tank only consumes 15ppm per month since it's so slow.

YOu just dose for the water you replace. Etc, dose in a 8 gallon water change bucket to prevent build up.

Guess what I'm trying to ask is
What will plants grow faster on.
1-5 ppm of nitrates in the water column
Vs
25-30 ppm of nitrates in water column.

This is actually easier than dosing every other day etc.

Micros will just be dosed using lean dosing every few days as normal since they precipitate out too fast. But macros in water column will start high and go down constantly over a month.