Re: Simple EI Dosing Calculator
There are inherent practical trade offs for cals.
Any model has them to some degree.
I think Spar had a cal and a couple of other folks here did as well.
What you might consider, working on just one part real well, divide up the labor.
Also, if you make an assumption, make sure to state it.
EI makes several assumptions: Max uptakes with very very high light/CO2 etc etc, packed tank, no fish. This will be tghe max level so you will never run out of nutrients if you dose this amount on a tank with fish, with less light, slower growing plants etc.
It is assumed that you will not bottom out.
This is the assumed lower end.
The upper assumed end is that nothing will become 2x the week's dosing(total ppms) if you do a 50% weekly water change
These are safe assumptions. But do they work? Pretty well.
Better than many of the other assumptive methods with CO2/Excel.
So you make a model, you think about the assumption you have build into it, then you test it in the real world to see if it works well.
I'm not a programer guy at all. So Greg, you folks defintitely help out there.
I am a chem and bio guy though, so I can test that part.
So not everyone is a chem person, they will greatly benefit from that.
Other issues that may be present with the fertiliator or Chuck's cal, can be addressed and hopefully fixed here. Each step up is better.
Regards,
Tom Barr