bharada

Okay, I've been reading through the various dosing threads and trying to come up with a weekly schedule for a newly setup 125 gal tank (pressurized CO2 at ~28ppm, 3wpg PC). Basically it's reading 0 across the board for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate.

Working through the Fertilator and Chuck's calculator I've come up with a schedule of .75tsp KNO3 (6.4 ppm NO3) and .25tsp Fleet enema (.6 ppm P) M, W, F, Sa. This is all based on the Fertilator's recomendation of 85% rated tank volume (125 * .85 = 106 gallons) for actual volume.

On the trace I've been told a good dosing is to figure 1ml/gal/week which equals to 35ml (106ml/3) of TMG on Tu, Th, Sa.

Water change (25%) day is Saturday.

Does this sound right. Also, what is the general opinion on when to start dosing a new tank. I've seen recommendations of 1/2 dosing immediately to no dosing for 2-4 weeks to reduce algae outbreaks. The substrate (50/50 mixture of Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil and a coarse quartz sand) was seeded with mulm from a well established 29 gal tank. And I did add 10 Flourish tabs every 8" or so around the deeper planting areas of the tank

I'm stocking my tank with it's clean up crew (13 otos, 4 SAEs, 10 pygmy Corys and 3 albino corys) and will be adding some Amano and Cherry shrimp in the next week or so.