dosing fert

[alexandre]

I am dosing every 2 days
Flourish nitrogen = 20ml
K2S04= 5 Grs (dry)
KH2P04= 0.2 Grs (dry)
And Flourish 3ml 2 x a week.

My aquarium is 40G
2.5 WPG
Pressurise CO2

N03 = 5/10 ppm
PO4 = 0.5 ppm
PH = 7
KH = 12

Water change 30% weekly.

Are those dosage all right my nitrate seam very low (might be my test kit) with the quantity of Flourish nitrogen I add. Should I change some thing?

Thanks.
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[aquabillpers]

Re: dosing fert

Well, what problem are you trying to solve?

Bill

 

[alexandre]

Re: dosing fert

Jut want to check if my dosages are all right as I just started to use dry ferts and I am a bit confuse about how to dose Flourish nitrogen, it seam to me I add a lot of it.

 

[turbomkt]

Re: dosing fert

If you're dosing dry ferts, why aren't you dosing KNO3?

Anyway...according to Seachem you're dosing right. $.02

 

[alexandre]

Re: dosing fert

Because I am currently living in Cyprus and KN03 can not be send via airmail. I will have to try to find some over here.

 

[turbomkt]

Re: dosing fert

That makes sense.

As far as the Flourish N goes, you could ask in the seachem section at APC to see if you can go higher or if all of the N is from NO3. It's possible there are other N sources in Flourish that won't register on a nitrate kit.

 

[Laith]

Re: dosing fert

From Seachem's website:

"Because one-half of the nitrogen in Flourish Nitrogen™ is from nitrate you can get a reasonable estimate of nitrogen levels by doubling a nitrate reading"

This of course assumes that your nitrate test kit is giving correct readings...

 

[alexandre]

Re: dosing fert

Thank you for the answers.
SO it look like I am dosing all right Flourish nitrogene. What is the seachem section at APC?

 

[turbomkt]

Re: dosing fert

Check this link out.

--Mike

 

[alexandre]

Re: dosing fert

Thanks Mike.
This is what I was looking for.