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puttyman70 · 01-24-2008, 12:48 PM

Sorry that was supposed to be all N's. Basically right now I'm dosing Seachem's full line per this spreadsheet.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...tor-chart.html

Its a 29 gallon tank with 4.5 w/g, pressurized c02, gravel substrate with root tabs, soft water 2dkh and 2dgh. I am getting reading of 0 nitrates and phosphate with lamott's test kits. If I am dosing these and still getting 0 I assume I need to up the dosages but how do I figure out how. I am sure you can tell me but I would like to understand the math and relevant formulas so I can do it myself eventually.

Thanks very much for your help. Maybe a text book?

01-24-2008, 12:48 PM	#72 (permalink)
puttyman70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123 iTrader Ratings: 2 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 9100	Re: How to balance NPK, Ca, Mg and micros - new experiments Sorry that was supposed to be all N's. Basically right now I'm dosing Seachem's full line per this spreadsheet. http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...tor-chart.html Its a 29 gallon tank with 4.5 w/g, pressurized c02, gravel substrate with root tabs, soft water 2dkh and 2dgh. I am getting reading of 0 nitrates and phosphate with lamott's test kits. If I am dosing these and still getting 0 I assume I need to up the dosages but how do I figure out how. I am sure you can tell me but I would like to understand the math and relevant formulas so I can do it myself eventually. Thanks very much for your help. Maybe a text book?