SparKy697
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Everything got here today. Taking some of the advice I have read, I pretty much bought a pound of everything dry that GregWatson.com had. It was all cheap enough so I thought what the heck, I'd rather have it and not need it......
I do pwc on saturdays so I'm starting at the end of what will be a normal cycle. I tested the water to get a good base line before I started.
Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 40 ppm
Phosphate - 2 ppm
pH - 7.5
GH - 9 dGH
KH - 5 dKH
The tank is still lightly planted because I didn't want to put new plants into a tank with no ferts and co2. co2 is still probably a week away but I would like to get the ferts going.
If I understand the numbers, my target for Nitrate is ~30 which means that I don't really need it at this moment. Phosphate is ~3 so I was not going to add it either today.
That leaves potassium and the micros. Which I'm still working on.
I know the EI method means that you overfeed by nature, I just don't want to do something too crazy, I have fish in this tank.
Am I on track or way off?
Any help is appreciated.
TIA
I do pwc on saturdays so I'm starting at the end of what will be a normal cycle. I tested the water to get a good base line before I started.
Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 40 ppm
Phosphate - 2 ppm
pH - 7.5
GH - 9 dGH
KH - 5 dKH
The tank is still lightly planted because I didn't want to put new plants into a tank with no ferts and co2. co2 is still probably a week away but I would like to get the ferts going.
If I understand the numbers, my target for Nitrate is ~30 which means that I don't really need it at this moment. Phosphate is ~3 so I was not going to add it either today.
That leaves potassium and the micros. Which I'm still working on.
I know the EI method means that you overfeed by nature, I just don't want to do something too crazy, I have fish in this tank.
Am I on track or way off?
Any help is appreciated.
TIA