If I am about to ask a question about dosing Excel and its brethren, should I do it on this forum, or are people expecting to only see questions about EI? Should I relegate all of my posts to the "Are you new to aquatic plants forum" until I know what I am doing?
Here's my question:
For reference, you can see my first post and some pics of my tank:
http://www.barrreport.com/you-new-aquatic-plants-start-here/5079-where-you-introduce-yourself.html
After some advice there, I have cut down on the lights, and immediately, the yellow is nearly gone, and things are coming back to green ... but not as green as I think think it could be. I also have a little beard algae which appears to be on the decline after the change.
I am now wondering what I should, or could, be dosing. I know EI seems simple, but I'd like to be successful with some standard products before taking it to the next level. I don't want to do a 50% weekly water change, as I have to use RO at $0.50/gallon. I'm just not ready for EI right now, I don't think.
In my 65 gallon, I am currently dosing Excel (1 cap) 2x per week, and flourish and Iron about every other day. I'm about to run out of flourish and iron, and I wasn't planning on re-upping. I am also using root tabs which I will replace quarterly. I have floursih and flourish trace on the way.
What should I dose? Should I just experiment, or should I stick with what I am doing right now for a while (how long?) until I have more data?
Here's my question:
For reference, you can see my first post and some pics of my tank:
http://www.barrreport.com/you-new-aquatic-plants-start-here/5079-where-you-introduce-yourself.html
After some advice there, I have cut down on the lights, and immediately, the yellow is nearly gone, and things are coming back to green ... but not as green as I think think it could be. I also have a little beard algae which appears to be on the decline after the change.
I am now wondering what I should, or could, be dosing. I know EI seems simple, but I'd like to be successful with some standard products before taking it to the next level. I don't want to do a 50% weekly water change, as I have to use RO at $0.50/gallon. I'm just not ready for EI right now, I don't think.
In my 65 gallon, I am currently dosing Excel (1 cap) 2x per week, and flourish and Iron about every other day. I'm about to run out of flourish and iron, and I wasn't planning on re-upping. I am also using root tabs which I will replace quarterly. I have floursih and flourish trace on the way.
What should I dose? Should I just experiment, or should I stick with what I am doing right now for a while (how long?) until I have more data?