hi guy's im dosing EI on my 750l my trace is clouding my water i know its the phosphate and iron bonding and i know its because ive got very hard water and im using AE trace which uses EDTA as a chelator. so i was wondering if there's some thing i can do about it other than change product. as ive still got a bit left. if not ill put up with it till i run out then ill change. so my next question when that happens does any one know where i can get a cheap trace that wont cloud my water thanks for any help
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cloudy because of trace
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JamesM
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No i dose different days im in Huntingdon my waters about 32 dkh ive even tried dosing in to parts 3 hours apart still goes cloudy just only half as bad each time i think i read on james planted tank large tanks cloud more with this problem when i was dosing my 26l this never happened
JamesC
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Some people have clouding problems whilst others don't. There are too many factors like light, water compostion, etc to say for sure if you will get clouding or not. Changing to another powdered Fe-EDTA based trace mix won't fix your problem. You need to dose one that uses Fe-HEEDTA. The main one is Tropica's TPN but this can be expensive long term. There are 2 DIY alternatives that I know of. Peter Haack's concentrated trace solution - details on my website http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/traces.htm and one that somebody sells on eBay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MIKRO-Aquariu...m&pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item2a0858574b. The eBay one is the one I use.
Adding traces at different times to the potassium phosphate makes very little difference. Why should it as the PO4 is always in the water.
James
Adding traces at different times to the potassium phosphate makes very little difference. Why should it as the PO4 is always in the water.
James
as its only a fiver i might just get some and give it a go should i use the 8 drops a day or should i add in a bit more as ive got high light "(1ml for every 100 litre aquarium water daily), and dosage can be various due to light wattage, CO2 dosage, numbers of plants etc."
ukco2guy
Member
Hi,
I`m in exactly the same boat guys. I am EI dosing a 250l tank with alternate days for macro and trace, the powders i`m using for trace are the Trace Mix Plus which is dosed twice a week. The tank has always been cloudy (white) ever since i used Seachem Iron, now i`ve switched to Trace Mix Plus i was hoping it would die down but has been pretty constantly cloudy since so this week (after weekly 50% change) i have only dosed Macro`s (yesterday) and left out the trace today to see if it clears up. Came back from work tonight and it`s crystal clear. Question is would it be an idea to reduce the trace dose or can i deal with my naturally hard tap water, i was wondering about not using tap safe and just getting a large water butt to store the following weeks water in, would tap safe have any contribution to the high hardness?
Cheers,
I`m in exactly the same boat guys. I am EI dosing a 250l tank with alternate days for macro and trace, the powders i`m using for trace are the Trace Mix Plus which is dosed twice a week. The tank has always been cloudy (white) ever since i used Seachem Iron, now i`ve switched to Trace Mix Plus i was hoping it would die down but has been pretty constantly cloudy since so this week (after weekly 50% change) i have only dosed Macro`s (yesterday) and left out the trace today to see if it clears up. Came back from work tonight and it`s crystal clear. Question is would it be an idea to reduce the trace dose or can i deal with my naturally hard tap water, i was wondering about not using tap safe and just getting a large water butt to store the following weeks water in, would tap safe have any contribution to the high hardness?
Cheers,
