SparKy697
Aquarium Advice Addict
Is there any benefit to using distilled water instead of tap water to mix ferts?
flushingfish said:I am using one of those double neck bottles to mix a weeks worth of ferts at a time. That way I can dose every other day without getting out the spoons and cups. Just a couple of squirts in the morning before work, alternating macros and micros, and I'm good to go. I just find it more convenient for me to dissolve a weeks worth at a time and I use tap water as well.
SparKy697 said:OK, since we are sharing I will show you my dungeon. Since the basement is my domain I took a corner of the laundry room and made myself a place to do my testing and mixing.
Pronounced La-bor-a-tory (with a transylvanian accent)
Looks like the lair of the mad Dr. Frankenfish. LOL
I also dose my macros dry. I use CSM+B in a solution mixed in an old 250ml Prime bottle. Here's what I use for my dry ferts:dapellegrini said:Ya, I just mix it in a measuring cup, let it all dissolve well (30 seconds), and then dump the measuring cup into the tank, and submerse it a bit in one of the path of a spraybar or powerhead, which sends it all over the place. I don't like raining the dry stuff in on the fish (who invariably put it in their mouths to see if it is food)...
In the beginning I bought a double-necked bottle for premixing, dosing, etc. Here is what I use today: