Newbie Guide to PPS-Pro - Page 8 - PPS Analysis and Feedback

Seattle_Aquarist · 02-22-2009, 08:44 AM

Hi Peter16,

I consider nitrogen, phosphorus, potash (potassium), and magnesium my "Macros". I add carbon either through CO2, Seachem Flourish Excel (or Glutaraldehyde), or both. Iron, Sulfur, calcium, manganese, etc. are "Trace" for me. We have soft water here in Seattle, so I add additional magnesium and calcium when my plants show signs of deficiency.

snickle · 02-22-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter16

Potentially stupid question here....

You say the macro's consist of ;

But how come Calcium is not included in the pps-pro ingredients? Or am i missing something ?

Not stupid at all. Dependiong on the hardness of your water most places have sufficient calcium for most plants. My wate ris very soft, so I add crushed coral or crushed oyster shell to supplement.

Hope that helps.

snickle · 02-22-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Left C

Epsom Salt is the correct form of magnesium sulfate used for PPS-Pro. Many people simply call Epsom Salt by the chemical name magnesium sulfate, but it is technically wrong.

Epsom Salt is really MgSO4∙7H2O and its correct name is Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate.

Magnesium Sulfate is MgSO4.

Yes, Epsom Salt is fine.

anhtu402 · 03-11-2009, 04:19 PM

Hi everyone,

Can someone explain to me the need for it to sit overnight before using? I am a chemist, and that just does not make sense if you already mixed it accurately with distilled water. I just don't see the need for it to sit over night~in a chemical point of view.

However, it is very important to use dark bottles or left in places that have very little to no night to prevent such buildup of fungus .

sunfire99 · 04-20-2009, 08:56 PM

First post here, and hopefully this hasn't been asked a million times. I am going to give PPS Pro a go because I'm too lazy to do 50% water changes every week, and I'm using RO/DI water, so Python or similar is not an option. I have a DIY dosing setup and want to know if I can mix macros and micros together IF I dose KH2PO4 seperately as needed.

Thanks,

Steve

Fishtory · 04-27-2009, 09:11 AM

Hi Steve,

Welcome to the forum! I had to read this thread several times before I managed to absorb all the great informataion.

You should not mix your macros and micros in the same bottle, but you can certainly dose them at the same time. I simply dump them into the spoon (or use the pipette, for smaller tanks) then rinse by swishing in the tank and dose the other a few inches away from the first.

I have only had precipitates form once, and that was when I dosed one and immediately spilled the other right on it.

Good luck using PPS Pro. I have used it since January and love it. I still do water changes because I have an overload of fish in my tank.

sunfire99 · 04-28-2009, 07:44 AM

Thanks for the response fishstory. I thought I had read it was the PO4 that caused the precipitation by interacting with iron, and since I don't expect to have a large PO4 need, I could maybe dose it seperately, but mix the rest allowing me to autodose for a week or 2 at a time, just adding PO4 if/as needed.

Steve

murdocmason · 08-31-2009, 01:52 PM

Just wanted to say this thread inspired me to try dry ferts and thx all of you this is an excellant guide for us newbies to adding nutrients, thx again

bookpage · 10-24-2009, 07:51 PM

I want to try dry ferts and would like to know if a Digital Scale 500g x 0.1g would be okay to do the measuring of dry fertilizers? This one here on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/yh89dx8 on eBay.

Thank you for your time and help,
Rayburn Taylor

Seattle_Aquarist · 10-25-2009, 09:04 AM

Hi bookpage,

It looks like a good scale to me. I have a 500 gram X 0.1 and it works fine for me.