How much should i dose???

**Maria** · 9th Apr 2010, 15:49

Haiz after reading a lot of post regarding how much nutirent should one dose, i still cant figure it out.....need you guys to help this chemi blur to figure it out the layman way...

Set up....

Tank 2ft x 1ft x1.5ft
Lights total 92watts (8hrs)
C02: 3bps
Medium amount of plants

Fertilizers:
Lushgro Aqua (Macros)
Tetra Plant Flora Pride (Micro)

Pls help this old guy to figure out approximately, how many ML of Lushgro aqua & how many ML of Tetra plant Flora pride should i dose?

By per day or Per week?

Thanks in advance.

**Maria** · 9th Apr 2010, 16:13

Attached a pic for estimation of flora.

**barmby** · 13th Apr 2010, 10:50

Is this a new setup? How long ago was this tank set up ?
What is your base ?
What is your tank temperature ?
Do you know your CO2 content in water column during illumination ?
What plants do you have in there?

**Maria** · 13th Apr 2010, 17:30

Its a newly setup of 1 week except for the HC which is about 2 months.
substrate only use the Gex red pakaging
Tank temperature varies from 24C to 29C
Eh CO2 not so sure but can see the flora pearling.

As for plants, hmmm....
one duno the name which is the one on the left most in the pic.
others are mini pelia,normal pelia, java moss, anchor moss, HC, and duno what moss which look a bit like pelia but more leafy.

sorry bro for the confusion. As i am not really literate on their scientific names.

**barmby** · 13th Apr 2010, 17:36

Cut down your lights to 4 hours first. Algae is coming.

Does GEX influence the pH? If not measure your pH using a pH pen. With a KH/PH chart, it will tell you the CO2 content..

If not.. blast your CO2 until your critter cannot take it, and cut back and cut back ..observe every hour

**Maria** · 13th Apr 2010, 17:51

Thanks bro,

Ok i will cut the lights to 4hrs duration.

BTW the substrate is about 3months old and water change of about 20% is perform every 3 to 4 days. Is this ok???

The problem is, i really cant figure out the dosage for fertilization, currently always hum tam bola the dosage...dont dare to add to much...i dose 3ml of Aqua + 3ml of the flora pride at every water change interval. Hope this not going to cause disaster......

**barmby** · 13th Apr 2010, 17:55

Why not you 'hum tam' the CO2, up and up ? More CO2 is always better than fertilizer overdose with little CO2.

My mistake in the past was doing the easy way out.. which is pour fertilizer. But actually it is the CO2 (under).

Looks like you have good lighting. I notice your plants are mostly slow grower

More water change is always good. Observe the fishes and plants. IF your plants are doing well, slowly increase the lumination period. My theory is .. if plants do not make food, just shut off the light.

**Maria** · 13th Apr 2010, 18:52

I on CO2 and lights both at the same time, after about 2 hrs the plants start to give of tiny bubbles into the water, and the whole tank will be flooded with trails of air bubble from the plants.