Seachem Fert Dosing

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adeebm

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Ok, so I'm a little confused about how to dose with the flourish line. It's for my 46gal(heavily planted, no CO2). I have a decent ammount of fish but no nitrates. And my plants are yellowing, and algae is starting to grow, so I need ferts.

According to Seachm, 1 cap of flourish nitrogen raises 40gal by 1mg/L. Apparently mg/L is roughly equivalent to ppm. So to go from 0ppm nitrate to 10ppm, I need 20+ caps??? That's like a bottle a week. Seachem's online calculator says I need 23 caps to go to 10ppm, and 46 to go to 20ppm.

Is that correct, and if so, should I go to dry ferts then?

--Adeeb
 
Thanks :) Just ordered some dry ferts. My plants are starting to yellow and get algae o_O

--Adeeb
 
all Seachem = 2 drop by gallon. u will need a dropper for this.


i got a bottle of
Excel, on the label it say 5ml per 10 gallon. but when i was looking at their website it say something like 2 drop by gallon.

so 20 drop per 10 gallon, and 20 drop doesnt = 5ml.

 
all Seachem = 2 drop by gallon. u will need a dropper for this.


i got a bottle of Excel, on the label it say 5ml per 10 gallon. but when i was looking at their website it say something like 2 drop by gallon.

so 20 drop per 10 gallon, and 20 drop doesnt = 5ml.

You got it right, on average 1drop = 0.05mL so 20drops = 1mL
 
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