So I've just installed a Twinstar 1200s 3 days ago. And its nice having the ability to ramp up and ramp down the intensity of it. So, taking an imaginary tank of 1,000 litres (i.e. 1,000,000 grammes), the 3x dosage of TNC complete would be 300ml weekly. Therefore our dosage contains the following: If you have a look at the <" Nutrient Calculator"> that @Zeus., @Hanuman, @fablau& @X3NiTH have developed <" it lays bare"> just what <" an incredible mark up"> there is on these ready made liquid fertiliser products. Even if you have quite a small tank, if you are using EI, then the initial cost of buying the dry salts and dosing bottles is dwarfed by the cost of the branded products. Some people are always going to prefer ease of use, but it really is a contest to find the <" World's most expensive water">. I have been unimpressed with the plant growth in my 20 litre tank since it was planted about 4 or 5 weeks ago. Plants seem to be surviving, but not thriving. My light is generous, and I have no significant algae. According to Rotala Butterfly, it agrees with what several of you have said, that I should indeed be dosing 2ml or even 3ml a day of TNC Complete. I think it suggests 2.5ml a day.

The reason I want to switch over to DIY salts is cost, not really for this tank as it's not that expensive using TNC Complete for this tank but I'm about to set up a second tank and another larger third tank will be coming after that one, hence the interest in switching to DIY salts. All three tanks will be low light/low tech so the nutrient requirements should be pretty much the same per litre so I figured I'd get to grips with the dry salt mix now before I start the second tank. So having Fe in abundance (assuming no other deficiency's) the plants will be a the colour they should be if it is red or green will be plant dependant, adding extra Fe will not make them redder.

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TNC Complete is a ready mixed fertiliser for the planted aquarium, containinga balanced blend of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium as well as Magnesium and all the important trace elements for a great growth. Anyway, if you determine the compound (N,P,K, Fe, Mg) that's lowest in your water- it may well be potassium, then dose the amount you need to get to a good level of potassium for a few hours each day (it will go as/ if the plants use it) . Weoffer for sale macroalgae from our mature macroalgae mother colonies in a premium quality & 100% healthy within the UK and EU. per 10 litres of tank water 3x per week will give a dose similar to the Estimative Index levels Be sure to change 50% of your water once per week to remove organic waste from the plants.

Dose 10 ml per 100 litres of tank per week and increase the dosing when necessary up to three times a week. The other tank is more like a paludarium setup with a load of emersed growing plants, this is the only one that gets a fert dose after each water change.

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Add Aquarium volume, directly into the aquarium is set to default. Then fill in the number of grams of the salts you have. Is it possible that my plants are deficient in PO₄³⁻ or K? When I do water changes, I use about 10 litres of rainwater with 2 litres of tapwater to get the softness I want, so I’m not getting much contribution from the tap. We won't be beaten on the premium quality of our live algaecultures, and surely not on the price either! TNC Complete contains a balanced blend of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium as well as Magnesium and all the important trace elements. The problem comes because nearly all the iron in the aquarium isn't plant available, so even though there might potentially be a lot of it, in plant terms there isn't any, if that makes sense? Have a look at /www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/why-add-fertilisers-and-additional-plants-to-combat-algae.58866/#post-575638']Why add fertilisers.....[/URL]">

The spectrum of your light output can make the tank look better also, much of this is down to what the user likes, but ADA Solar RGB really make the reds pop - seeing is believing.I've seen somewhere before that someone was dosing the salts separately but within the same day so the tank was getting everything every day rather than alternating macro/micro nutrients on different days. Is this a thing and if so is it better? Does it make any difference? Would you recommend it? When a compound (a "salt"), like potassium nitrate (KNO3) is added to water, it becomes ions, a K+ and an NO3-. If we add potassium chloride (KCl) we get a K+ and a Cl- ion, there is no difference between the K+ ion from the KNO3 and the KCl, they are <" exactly the same">. Because of this we can use different salts to <" create fertilisers with differing nutrient content">. It is not a kit I've used, but if it goes red? It probably uses this method In which case one of the bottles will be an acetate buffer (sodium or ammonium acetate?) and the other hydroxylamine. If your water is very soft? You probably will have some /www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/preload-dosing.58368/#post-570256']plant available iron[/URL]"> and your plants don't appear to show any iron deficiency symptoms.