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I am curious about the amount of traces people out there add to their tanks. I was looking at another thread in this forum where I see that Carlos adds 21ml of Flourish and 21ml of Flourish Iron weekly to his 20 gal tank! This seems like an awful lot to me. Carlos, is this a high light tank? I am curious how you came to these numbers? I assume you worked your way up to them and compared your growth rates, etc.
As a comparison, I am adding 5ml of Flourish (done 2.5 at water change and 2.5 midweek) and 3.5ml of iron (.5ml daily) to my 29 gal on a weekly basis, and thinking things are OK. Maybe I will start upping these slowly. I need to be careful with my iron due to precipitate formation from my hard water. Once upon a time I only dosed traces once a week (2-3ml of flourish), then I started doing it 2x a week. At that time, I had a massive crypt meltdown. About 4 months later, my crypts have finally returned to their glory, so I am really hesitant to do anything too quickly. But those numbers are so high, it makes me wonder what if...
I'd like to hear some feedback on this.
As a comparison, I am adding 5ml of Flourish (done 2.5 at water change and 2.5 midweek) and 3.5ml of iron (.5ml daily) to my 29 gal on a weekly basis, and thinking things are OK. Maybe I will start upping these slowly. I need to be careful with my iron due to precipitate formation from my hard water. Once upon a time I only dosed traces once a week (2-3ml of flourish), then I started doing it 2x a week. At that time, I had a massive crypt meltdown. About 4 months later, my crypts have finally returned to their glory, so I am really hesitant to do anything too quickly. But those numbers are so high, it makes me wonder what if...
I'd like to hear some feedback on this.
with my current protocol.
