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    Re: Pls reccommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

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    Hi gid, do keep everyone posted on how the tanks progress after the change in fertilizers brand and regime.

    By any chance you overdose Excel?

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    Re: Pls reccommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Just a question. Since OP is using Amazonia New for his subtrate, and it is well known for a very high ammonia content. With that, would it utimately be high in Nitrate as well after cycling? Wouldn't dosing Nitrate ferts create an algae boom due to over-dosage?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cherabin View Post
    Hi gid, do keep everyone posted on how the tanks progress after the change in fertilizers brand and regime.

    By any chance you overdose Excel?
    Sure of cos, i hope it works!

    No i dont overdose excel, except for once when i was trying to manage a bba outbreak.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    I just realised that the seachem series is much more concentrated. For Comprehensive, the direction is 5ml for 250L.

    My tanks are only 16L each, which means I have to dose 0.32ml. How do I measure such a small amount?!

    Pls help.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Use a syringe. You can measure 0.3mL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cherabin View Post
    Use a syringe. You can measure 0.3mL.
    Thanks bro, i didnt know that syringer can measure such small amounts. I thought they are usually in 1ml marks.

    Where can I get one? I was just at C328, none there.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Quote Originally Posted by gid View Post
    Thanks bro, i didnt know that syringer can measure such small amounts. I thought they are usually in 1ml marks.

    Where can I get one? I was just at C328, none there.
    go over to guardian. ask for baby syringe (the plastic type). they sell about $0.50 - $1.00 each. i use them to dose my nanos


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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Head to any pharmancy and ask for a 1mL syringe with 0.1mL denotions. Will serve well in your nano tank fertilising.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    NPK are important nutrients beside CO2. Nitrogen and phosphate can be derive from fish food and poop but the potassium is something the tank is always lack of. Adding trace element is good when your tank is flourish with plants to reduce competition

    For my tank with only Japanese hair grass and moss, I dose potassium sulfate with CO2 injection. So far so good

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Quote Originally Posted by diazman View Post
    go over to guardian. ask for baby syringe (the plastic type). they sell about $0.50 - $1.00 each. i use them to dose my nanos
    Watson also... they have so many. Plus not very costly since we reuse.
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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    A pipette at c328, use for feeding too.about $1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodfish View Post
    A pipette at c328, use for feeding too.about $1
    Oh yes I say this pipette at c328, but there are no ml markings, how do you gauge?

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Quote Originally Posted by felix_fx2 View Post
    Watson also... they have so many. Plus not very costly since we reuse.
    I bought too many lol! 5 to be exact. Now at most only use 2


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    Quote Originally Posted by gid View Post
    Oh yes I say this pipette at c328, but there are no ml markings, how do you gauge?
    Have marking,from 0.5ml to 3ml, look closely.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    I believe Gid needs to measure 0.32mL and a 1mL syringe with 0.1mL denotions/divisions is the best choice.

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    Thanks bros!

    Anyway Cherabin, I have gotten my syringe from ntuc pharmacy. 0.1ml marking up till 5ml, 20cents each! I bought one syringe for each of my chemical.

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Other than using syringe, can also use a drop bottle (e.g. Recycle a PH tester bottle)
    I measure about 20 drops = 1ml.
    So 0.32ml is about 6 drops.

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    Oh ya the drop method sounds promising! But are drops consistent?

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    Re: Please recommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    +/- close enough I guess.
    Had been using this method to dose micro tank (2L) in the past.
    And now regularly when top up evapourization water (fresh tap water into a coke bottle & add 1 drop)
    Is really convinent.

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    Re: Pls reccommend most common & proven fertiliser regime

    Quote Originally Posted by gid View Post
    Ok i finally made my decision to buy a new set of ferts. Cos I have actually been having some problems with my current regime. Plants are doing superb, but fauna can do better. In one tank, my sakuras seem to getting smaller in size even in adulthood, and there has been alot of shrimplet deaths, even though overall population is still growing. My other tank has got SAEs and neons jumping out every week.

    This is my new set, all from Seachem:

    *Florish
    *Florish Excel
    *Florish Iron
    *and Prime for water conditioning during WC

    What do you guys think of this regime?

    Hi Gid, sorry dig up old post. I am newbie and thinking of dosing ferts like you. Wanted to know how did
    *Florish
    *Florish Excel
    *Florish Iron
    go for you? Sufficient? like you i only got a 15 litre tank and a small bottle can last a few years and thus i think it's worth it. And i am not keen to get like 6 bottles of ferts.

    In addition, i do not think i will check water parameter before dosing. ok? i am not sure about iron as there is no recommended dosage.

    Appreciate your reply so that i can quickly get them these 2 days. Many Thanks!

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