Your Perfect Fertilizers

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I bought some dry ferts from GLA.com..
Green Fertilizer Package: Micros & Macros

  • Micros -
    • Plantex CSM + B - 1 / 2 Pound
  • Macros -
    • Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) - 1 Pound
    • Mono Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4) - 1 / 2 Pound
    • Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4) - 1 Pound

  • Iron Chelate 11% DPTA - 1 / 2 Pound
I'm assuming I'll just mix up a custom solution and dose daily with this nifty device...
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Either that or is it better to just add directly to the tank?
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Nice! Mixing it with liquid seemed to complicate things, at least in my opinion. I just add it dry, directly into the tank.
 
I dose Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) , Mono Potassium Phosphate (KH2PO4), and Seachem Equilibrium. And I add some Seachem Excel. That's all.

I dose the dry ferts once a week on a 10 gallon and 29 gallon low tech tank and add excel daily.
 
Fish crap mostly, I just overfeed them and let the plants deal with it
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Yea I do overfeed also but that scares me a bit I don't want nitrogen and ammonia to get out of control.

I dose the dry ferts once a week
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Is it beneficial to divide that weekly dose by 7 and dose daily? I wouldn't mind preparing 7 days worth of ferts maybe in a weekly medicine case and plopping them in daily.

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Is it beneficial to stagger what types you dose. IE... KNO3 one day then KH2PO4 another and so on?
 
I've cut back on dosing much, on the last dregs of a bottle of API Leafzone and not sure if I'll get more, I just add a few drops after a water change every second day. I've been using root tabs around my root-feeding plants like Echinodorus and Cryptocoryne. Everything seems to be doing well, but I might see what sort of dry fertilizers the hardware store sells next time I'm there.
 
As I understand it you should dose macros and micros on different days
 
I do a water change and then add all my ferts at once. And I only add ferts once a week. Until I see a problem I will continue to do it this way. You should only increase if there is a clear sign of a nutrient deficiency.
 
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