I've used the Seachem line of products on this tank for quite a while. It wasn't until I found this website that I understood exactly what I was purchasing (the whole 90% water, 10% fertilizers). Will definately be switching to dry ferts once I'm out of these. The substrate is regular ol' Flourite.
-Sunday
5 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 0.6 mL phosphorous, 0.6 mL nitrogen, 1 mL flourish
-Monday
2 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 2.5 mL trace
-Tuesday
2 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 1.7 mL potassium
-Wednesday
2 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 0.6 mL phosphorous, 0.6 mL nitrogen, 1.5 mL trace
-Thursday
2 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 1.7 mL potassium
-Friday
2 mL excel, 1 mL iron, 1 mL flourish
-Saturday
50% water change
10 gallon tank, 40w CF 6,700/10,000 light fixture (Current USA). I know it's way too much light, but again didn't figure that out until I came here and started reading. I have a strip of toilet paper running the length of the light on top trying to kill some of the lighting. Seems to have been effective as I don't have near the algae problem I did before. I actually maintained hair algae, BBA, GSA and BGA at the same time even though as far as I've read they all need different water parameters. The only one I have left is some moderate green spot algae growth on the glass, but I'm working that out. Mon-Fri the lights are on 8AM-12PM, then 4PM-8PM. Sat-Sun they are on 12PM-8PM. The weekend schedule is mainly for my convenience, as I'm more likely to do water changes in the morning than having to wait until the afternoon. Excel is actually dosed twice daily Mon-Fri, meaning 2mL between 5:30-6:00 AM, then another two around 4:00-5:00 PM. Until I started doing that I was getting absolutely no growth, but my foreground plants seem to finally be reproducing. I made a slow transition with the excel (from 1mL daily), so the shrimp don't seem to mind.
Two ozelot swords, 4 saggitarius planted in the back, 4 of something (maybe chain swords?) planted in the front, and some plant I've had since last year (that required
heavy pruning repeatedly due to the BBA) on the left and right (towards the bottom of picture 2 and 3). Can anyone ID my mystery plants? Also, the saggitarius keep burying the tips of their leaves into the substrate (as can be seen in the second picture under the heater). No matter how many times I pull it out, it always ends up like that. Is this it's way of reproduction, or are mine just odd?
Bioload is simple with 2 dwarf frogs, 2 ottos and however many shrimp there are now considering one is always carrying eggs.