Dosing with Lushgro Aqua

[bennyc]

Hi All,

I need some help on dosing with Lushgro AQua. I have good results on Seachem flourish, however my aqua soil is getting "old" therefore it seems the macro ferts are lacking. I have recently switch to Lushgro Aqua. There are many threads on its use but i am getting confused here. So I would really appreciate some help on the matter from all you pro. Haha.

My tank is around 60ltrs (60cm x 30 x 37), i estimate my canister to be around 3 ltrs. To follow EI method, I am suppose to dose 6ml daily? i would also like to dose SEAchem Flourish to boost the tank's iron content as I am afraid Aqua is quite low. (for my dear buces), so how should i go about doing that?
Add Flourish (2ml) after the 6ml Aqua or should i reduce Aqua (4ml) to add flourish (2ml)?

Pardon me as my ferts knowledge is 0.

[Pork Life]

www.fishfriend.com/fertfriend.html

Allows you to calculate ppm for lushgro aqua based on dosage amount and tank water volume.
And you can then play around with dosage amount to hit ppm for element of interest

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[bennyc]

Thanks. For the calculator. In your experience. Is 6ml sufficent?

[Pork Life]

Would say depends on what ppm of the element you would want to achieve with this 6 ml dose. For iron, based on the online calculator, you are close to 0.2 ppm of iron, which is the EI standard for Fe ppm. And usually the normal practice from what I have read is alternate days of macros and micros dosing, meaning Monday, Wednesday and Friday you dose N,P,K and Tuesday, Thursday you dose traces (Fe and other micros). Saturday is rest day and Sunday you reset with 50% of more of WC.

You can check out Tom Barr's forum on EI fertilization where he has the general dosage guidelines for tank sizes (based on dry fertilizers dosing).

But lushgro aqua is based on PMDD formulation, where P is lacking. You may want to get potassium dihydrogen phosphate or Seachem Phosphorous to ensure you have enough P, round the region of 10 parts of N to 1 part of P, i.e. 10 ppm of N to 1 ppm of P. And you will also need to balance CO2, lighting and water circulation to succeed.

But disclaimer is currently I am following PPS-pro daily dosing, and not yet into EI as I still have a lot of Seachem fertilizers in my cupboard. So above information is based on what I will go for once my stuff are used up.

[bennyc]

Thanks for the explanation. Simply put, I could not understand what does the calculation presents. Now I do understand better.

what is PPS-pro dosing? This is the first time I heard of the term. (I shall google some info on it) Is there any difference in terms of results from EI.

[Pork Life]

Perpetual preservation dosing. Meaning everyday the dosage is just enough for the overall nutrient intake of plants. Not too much or too little. Its just PMDD with P added into the forumulation.

EI is about having excess nutrients for plants to uptake, thus preventing any possible nutrient deficiency in theory.

I practice pps pro for now as i would need a lot of seachem fert to carry out EI as compared to PPS pro method.


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[milk_vanilla]

Get KNO3 liquid, KH2PO4, Lush gro micro from them. That's the most cost efficient i found so far to implement EI in Singapore


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[milk_vanilla]

Add k2SO4 if u feel more K needed


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[Pork Life]

My "future" EI list for reference:
CaNO3, KH2PO4, MgSO4, KCl and lushgro micros

I feel that KNO3 is expensive for the current concentration being sold so going to opt this out for my list.

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[bennyc]

My chemistry fail. so Simply put You guys will not consider Lushgro Aqua for economical reasons?

[milk_vanilla]

I didn't do full math calculation, but i'm under impression that powder ferts( with exception on KNO3 and micro) should more economic than liquid. Your initial cost might more but recurring cost should much lower.

[Pork Life]

Lushgro aqua is a good product. But my preference is for dry fertilizers since i can use for my houseplants as and when needed.
So up to you to decide what you require in the end

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[bennyc]

Hahah it did not occur to me that dry ferts can be use for garden too. I have always thought there are packet ferts for garden. Something new i learn. silly me.

New paradigm shift. So i assume Lushgro can be use for garden as ferts as well.

[jojoel]

Get KNO3 liquid, KH2PO4, Lush gro micro from them. That's the most cost efficient i found so far to implement EI in Singapore


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KNO3 now legal in Singapore? From HPC?

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[ltsai]

Kno3 only in diluted form