Ferts/Non CO2 Tank

Re: Ferts/Non CO2 Tank

I dose excel in my 15s every day: 1.5-2ml a day. I dose macros and micros
twice weekly: starting on Sunday with WC is macros, then Monday, micros,
skip Tue-Wed, Thur-macros, Fri-micros, skip Saturday, then back to WC
Sunday with macros. Just started using Flourish and I like what I'm seeing....

Bill

ps forgot to add that on WC day I dose 8ml Excel.

 

Re: Ferts/Non CO2 Tank

Bill, is your fert routine is based on a CO2 injected tank? How much light?

If it is CO2 injected and high light, then I wouldn't use the same routine with a low/medium light non CO2 tank...

 

Re: Ferts/Non CO2 Tank

My lighting is just (2) 13w cf on the 15s, which is why I only fert twice
weekly macros/micros. I do WCs on Sunday mainly to rid the tops of the
tanks the scum that forms from the Excel. I've changed from 50% to maybe
20-30%, depending on how trashy the bottoms of the tanks are. I dose
Flourish 1-2mls on micro days, and 1/32 to 1/16tsp KNO3 and 1/64tsp KH2PO4
(about 1/2 of this, so 1/128tsp which gives me good results with the
tapwater I have. On WC days I also dose CaCl2 and MgSO4, sparingly: 2-3
small chunks to 1-2 crystals correspondingly, but probably don't need to
judging from my combined hardness of 14. I used to use a scale to measure
dry ferts, but in realworld terms when you have to get ready for work in the
morning (which is when I like to dose both ferts and excel), this works for me.

Bill

 

Re: Ferts/Non CO2 Tank

Walter, that's a "yes" to all the tsp/fert questions. I've been dosing 3 times
weekly with Flourish on days of no macros. There's a lot of stuff in Flourish
and some of my plants are responding better to it than what I was using
before. I also like TMG and need to order some more from Bigalsonline. The
Excel I dose every day 1-2ml and on WC days it is 8ml (or more) on the 15s
and 5-6mls on the 10s. As I said before, this is what works with the tapwater
I have: GH-8, KH-6, TDS-175, PH-7.5

HTH,

Bill