another newb dry fert to liquid question

i don't know why i cant seem to get my head around this... im certain at this point that im over thinking this..

Ive read and read and re-read all that i can find... and in the end, i *think* the answer has been staring at me the whole time.... so just to verify...

if I am using Nutri-Calc V1.9.3.... and i input my tank size as 70 gallons (and have the EI Dosing box checked), leave the NKP targets (they are weekly, yes?) as the defaults (20, 30, 3).... can i just use the rounded Grams value to create my liquid solution?

basically then.... i will use a 500ml bottle for macros.... and a 500ml bottle for CSM+B....

in the macro bottle, i will load 500ml of RO and:
12.55gr of KNO3,
5.67gr of K2SO4
3.55gr of KH2PO4

in the micro bottle i will load 500ml of RO and
2.20gr of CSM+B

this will give me 3 doses of macro and 3 doses of micro, correct (roughly 166ml each)?? and next week, i'll make another batch, lol...

i realize that i am under utilizing the solution size... and that this equation, can and is, cut up a thousand ways by countless calculators... i just need to make sure that this basic premise is sound before i tear my hair out...

70 gal tank... started up on 7/25/17... 2 kessil 360we suns at 50% max@ 8hours, CO2 at 30-40ppm currently (no livestock yet), gh/kh 4-5 degrees.

i have been using Aquavitro for macro/micro and am making the conversion to dry ferts... but geesh, i am just struggling with this for some reason!! lol... help!!!

Chris.

 

thank you for the reply....

yes... just looking for a starting point on macros and micros; im finally getting my tank back up after a 2 year hiatus and decided to go the dry fert route over the bottled junk ive been overpaying for in the past.

your insight helps a tonne; and... im not crazy then... i keep running numbers between the nutri-calc calculator the rotalabutterfly calculator and Zorfox's calculator and i keep coming to seemingly (from my current ignorant POV) wildly different conclusions with regard to how much of what to use...

i know that EI is simply a general rule and starting point, etc.... but the differences seem greater than arbitrary or estimative... its been driving me nuts, lol... i keep thinking im using one or all of the calculators incorrectly.

i had hit the same numbers as you suggested using the Rotala site.... so that makes me feel a bit better....

the rotala site doesn't seem to take into account that im dosing potassium from three sources... but in reality, i guess its not really that much greater than the 30ppm target (37 and change).... i suppose thats where experience and fine tuning come in...

Thank you slipfinger for taking the time to help out the ignorant... it is VERY much appreciated...
chris.

 

geektom... gorgeous german blue in your pic.... i had a pair in the last set up and plan for the same in this one.... I don't suppose you have a line a where i could look to find them when im ready, do you? ;-) i noticed that liveaquaria.com has them, but.......

edit: upon further review.... IS that a german blue ram?? the color is a bit different....

 

Rahul,

excellent. thank you very much for the insight. rotalabutterfly it is.