Reason for posting - yellow water throughout the week.
Solution requested - To figure out if I am overdosing iron??
Problem :
Aquarium data - Water ~ 25 Gal.
wood, stones, fish, RCS etc.
I make my trace solution based on Wet's Calculator.
Since the tap water Kh is bad ~ 10. I use Fe- DTPA in addition to CSM-B
Here is the mix.
24 gm CSM-B ( 0.5ppm iron) + 14gm DTPA 11% Fe ( 0.5 ppm). This is mixed in 500ml of RO water and then dosed 15ml x 3 times a week. Total Iron dosing of 1ppm per dose ,3 times weekly..
The water looks Jaundiced :confused-new: And progressively becomes slightly more yellow as the week passes till I do a 50% WC
I had the impression that 3 ppm total weekly iron is not a whole lot. and plant growth is not bad. Rotala routinely grows ~ 3 - 4 inch per week or more.
What should I be doing, I don't like the pale yellow look ...
Advice requested.
Regards,
AR
Solution requested - To figure out if I am overdosing iron??
Problem :
Aquarium data - Water ~ 25 Gal.
wood, stones, fish, RCS etc.
I make my trace solution based on Wet's Calculator.
Since the tap water Kh is bad ~ 10. I use Fe- DTPA in addition to CSM-B
Here is the mix.
24 gm CSM-B ( 0.5ppm iron) + 14gm DTPA 11% Fe ( 0.5 ppm). This is mixed in 500ml of RO water and then dosed 15ml x 3 times a week. Total Iron dosing of 1ppm per dose ,3 times weekly..
The water looks Jaundiced :confused-new: And progressively becomes slightly more yellow as the week passes till I do a 50% WC
I had the impression that 3 ppm total weekly iron is not a whole lot. and plant growth is not bad. Rotala routinely grows ~ 3 - 4 inch per week or more.
What should I be doing, I don't like the pale yellow look ...
Advice requested.
Regards,
AR