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PMDD target dosing confusion
I received my nitrate and phosphate test kits today. I started dosing my 37 g tank 2 weeks ago with Greg Watsons PMDD- 1/4 C of the dry mix was mixed with 500 mls of water and I have been giving the tank aprox 20 mls of this solution daily.
I have been dosing with Flourish for the micros every other day along with Fleets (1/3) teaspoon at the same time.
My Salifert test kit shows phosphate to be "3" - test kit showed this to be "good range"
My Nitrate however appears to be 0
This has got to be why I have had an outbreak of green spot algae.
pH is 7 (out of the tap it's aprox 8.0)
running pressurized CO2 - so I'm guessing 30 ppm
ammonia - 0
nitrites -0
Kh - 5 to 6
gh - medium hardness
Now my question is how do I use this PMDD mix to elevate my nitrate levels?
I understand that once I know how much of the macros my plants are using I can adjust the dosage accordingly - but I am now sure how I reach a target level of 5-10 ppm as quickly as possible.
Should I now back off on the Fleets and when the test shows a drop to "2" I can start adding it back in?
I have tried to use the online dosing calculations but have not had any luck figuring out how to apply this to the PMDD solution..argggggg
Any suggestions would be welcome....
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