Gbark;47971 said:Hi All,
I have had my water tested by my chemist friend in the lab.
Water change due tomorrow,
N = 25ppm as N
P = 25ppm as P205
K = 80ppm as K2O
Is this ok?
Wet;47982 said:Are those measurements without or with dosing anything to the tank between the last water change? If dosing, how much of what between how long of water changes?
Wet;47982 said:How long have you been doing it that way?
Biollante;47987 said:Hi,
That is high.
What are you dosing and are there plants?
Biollante;47992 said:Hi,
I seem to recall you had a tap water analysis, could you re-post that?
Biollante
Biollante;47995 said:Hi,
Whoa, up pilgrim!
Do you have a cat pooping in your aquarium?
The nutrients are coming from somewhere.
How sure are you of the amounts you are dosing your tanks? This is where stock solutions and every other day dosing come in handy for the smaller under 200-gallons tanks.
Seeing those lab results says something is going on. Are all the fish accounted for? Are there any off smells?
Regardless, I think you need a very large, like 70% water change.
Do not worry we will get it sorted out, actually I think a good lab analysis would be helpful for a lot of folks, I know it helped me.
Good luck,
Biollante
Gbark;47989 said:With dosing weekly water changes.
125ltr tank
50ltr water change weekly
Dosing Daily
KNO3 3.5ppm
KH2SO4 1.7ppm
MgSO4 2.1ppm
TPN 3ml
Sep'2009
Wet;48041 said:I was all excited to use this calculator to build a model for you and how to drop it, but it was better explained here anyway. But an informative toy you could play with using your current numbers and how water changes will fix it: http://wet.biggiantnerds.com/ei/con_v_time.pl
Also wouldn't be surprised by the numbers if there were any substrate ferts and/or no series of water changes after that recent uprooting of several month's worth of plants.