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To be honest.... I would not think it matters to much as EI never has to be that accurate, its all about over dosing what is needed - if it were me, then I'd just stick with what you have and just dose a smaller amount.

Double the water amount into what you have and have the next lot ready mixed :)

Try this at 20ml per day: TRACE: 2 Teaspoons (8 Tads) per 500ml water MACRO NO3 -- 8 Teaspoons (32 Tads) PO4 -- 2 Teaspoons (8 Tads) S04 -- 12 Teaspoons (48 Tads) mix in 500ml water

I use Aqua Essentials 'Neutro Carbon' works a treat and works out cheap if you buy the 2 litre container :thumbup:

Thanks for the info Clive - yes I think I was being a bit fussy with the amounts, I suppose being new to EI & salts its just a bit daunting to begin with. Hopefully I'll see over the next week or so how my plants respond :thumbup:

Blimey, this is getting complicated and maths was never my strong point lol - so would I be putting in 4 X tad amounts to get a tea spoon measure?

Yes I did think that myself or of perhaps mixing in slightly warmer water might help dissolve the salts much better? Also I know I'll be looking to measure the salts out in tea spoon amounts, the only dossing spoons I have are the ones labeled up (Smidgen, Pinch, Dash and Tad) I take it the Tad...

Yes that's the one mate :thumbup:

Ok cool, maybe he will be along in a bit to confirm this then. So does the recipe I've got look about what you are working to then?

To the rescue again Ady :thumbup: so do you mix yours in just boiled water?

I'm new to EI dosing but looking at the below recipe and looking at dosing my 200 litre tank, is it possible to make the mixture stronger by doubling the contents and just dose half the amount? On the mixture below I'd be dosing 40ml - if I double the mix into the 500ml of water and then dose...

Thanks for that, yes I had looked at the small Fluval co2 kit from AE, I may have to invest in one, what do you think dose wise on TPN+? I was thinking 1ml every two days?

Can anyone advise me on what safe dosing would be for my new Crystal Red Shrimp tank? It is a Fluval nano 8l that has been running 3 days now (still cycling) I will be using TPN+ and flourish excel if that is safe to use? as I am reading mixed reports on the net with CRS and flourish. I am...

Same here, I don't think it really matters when you dose... just as long as its regular and the same sort of time to keep the balance of the tank right.

Thanks you very much everyone for sharing your knowledge - very helpful indeed...

Thanks for the info guys, I was chatting to JIM at TGM and he said something about dosing TPN+ and TPN on alternate days? but I do keep reading lots of folk dose allot more than Tropica recommend.

Hi Can anyone give me a rough idea as to how many ml of tropica + I should be dosing in my 180lts? Is it best to dose daily or every other day? My tank is not heavily planted, but has a lawn growing and a HUGE narrow java fern - I change about 35% water every week and I have injected co2 with...

Thanks for that - I have been dosing 7ml for the last 3 days and fish/shrimp seem ok so far.... I just did not want to push it to be honest and do some harm - having said that I do not see the BBA clearing up as yet :-(

Hi everyone, Can anyone advise me how many ml of 'Flourish Excel' to dose or over dose to help combat BBA on my 180 ltr tank? I am running injected co2 and have fish/shrimp - I'd just like a safe-ish dose to be added daily really that will not be harmfull, but at the same time going towards...