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davem, The EI that I use is produced by APFUK, and sold as a kit for £18. The dosage mixed in 500ml of cooled boiled water, for the Macro is, 4tsp of Potassium Nitrate, 1tsp of Potassium phosphate and 6tsp of Magnesium sulphate. The Micro is 1tsp of Chelated trace mixed with 500ml of cooled...

One thing I forgot to mention is that the EI dose is 30ml Macro, and 30ml micro for 5 days, 20% water change on 7th day. Bill W

davem, Yes the tank has the original lighting and filter. I have a spare Eheim 2231, which outputs 450lph. Should I use this in addition to the original filter? Would a powerhead with a spraybar along the back pointing towards the front wall, be a better proposition. With reference to the...

I planted a tank about a month ago with an undemanding set of plants, The Plants Alive 36" selection. These flousrished, and grew well with the CO2 and the EI ferts. I have had to trim them, and have planted the trimmings in a 2' tank with no CO2. I have found that after the plants have been...

Thanks for that, I will up the flow rate tomorrow. With ref to CO2, I have a ladder diffuser and the bubble count is about 60 bubbles per min, and the bubbles are almost completely absorbed by the time they reach the top of the ladder. The tank is a 165 ltr AquaOne aquastyle 850 Flitration is...

I have had a 150 ltr planted tank running for a couple of months. It is dosed with EI ferts, and CO2. in recent weeks it has developed an oily surface film, and more re3cently, thread algae. How do I get rid of both. I do a 20% water change for 3 wks, and the fourth week I do a 50%. The oily...