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    Non Co2/excel Tanks And Water Changes

    Hi all I´ve been reading all your post related with dosing and water changes for non CO2 and Excel tanks. However, it is no quiet clear for me why I should do water changes weekly on Excel tanks and why it is not recommended for non co2 tanks if I use for both the EI dosing. I understand that...
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    Seachem Excel Vs Nilocg Enhance

    Does anyone have any experience using Enhance instead of Excel? I've seen many comments on other forums which suggest they are basically the same ... Glutaraldehyde However, Seachem has also posted comments which state that their product is more than just Glutaraldehyde, and also includes...
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    Excel Dose When There Are Lights On Or Does It Matter?

    I was always wondering if Excel, which I think by Seachem's description is CROSSLINKED glutaraldehyde, not glut itself got into the Calvin cycle and that's how it worked. It sounds like Seachem seemed to think so or at least the bit I saw here...
  4. tiger15

    Questions for excel users

    I am presently dosing 2x Excel or about 1 ppm Glut daily to my planted tank to control BBA on hardscape. My low light plants (Anubias, Java Fern, Buce and Bolbitis) were free of BBA even without excel because I have been dosing CO2. Based on my literature research, 1 ppm Glut is adequate to...
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    Help Mixing Macro/CSM+B solutions with Excel

    Hello everybody, I would love a sanity check of my first try mixing both a macro solution and a CSM+B solution with Seachem Excel. My question is really if my calculation for the amount of Excel is correct. The dry ferts quantities are straight from the Rotala Butterfly calculator with no...
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    Excel Initial Dose

    I've always had a question about the initial dose of Excel. According to the bottle it is recommended that you dose the tank 5ml per 10 gallons then daily dose is 1ml per 10 gallons. I've also read that Excel completely dissipates after 24 hrs therefore the reason to dose daily. So the...