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Aquarium Plant Food UK Closing Down

dw1305 said:
We have been <"down this route">, but I'm not sure any-one else has DIYed theirs.
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have done it myself actually. works well and the best part is that you can make it to suit your co2 goals. if you want to aim for 15-20ppm then the drop chcker should be aound 3kh. as you've mentioned before, serial dillution is the best way to do this.
 
Oh no that’s a real shame, like others on this form I purchased the DIY kit the week, so to see them go is a real shame. ☹️ I wish both Jo & John all the best for the future.
 
Shame to see they have closed down, been buying from them for some years.

I have been in somewhat of a panic state since finding this out as I am due to order some more trace mix soon and I cant find any other option as economical as APFUK trace, I have over 1500L of planted tanks all EI dosing but after reading here I guess I'll be giving the Solufeed TEC a try.

Just wanted to ask, as I dont make up a solution but dry dose all of my tanks as per the Rotala butterfly calculator, do I treat the Solufeed TEC mix the same as APFUK in terms of dosing, ie dose the same amount and get similar values/concentrations in my tanks or do I need to adjust dosing any? Solufeed TEC isn't on the Rotala butterfly calculator and I'm not great with making calculations myself lol
 
AquariumAntics said:
Shame to see they have closed down, been buying from them for some years.

I have been in somewhat of a panic state since finding this out as I am due to order some more trace mix soon and I cant find any other option as economical as APFUK trace, I have over 1500L of planted tanks all EI dosing but after reading here I guess I'll be giving the Solufeed TEC a try.

Just wanted to ask, as I dont make up a solution but dry dose all of my tanks as per the Rotala butterfly calculator, do I treat the Solufeed TEC mix the same as APFUK in terms of dosing, ie dose the same amount and get similar values/concentrations in my tanks or do I need to adjust dosing any? Solufeed TEC isn't on the Rotala butterfly calculator and I'm not great with making calculations myself lol
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What was your dosing regime with APFUK? and your Fe target?
 
I'm dosing EI as per Rotala butterfly calculator, eg my biggest tank is approx 900L including sump volume so I would drop 2.2g of APFUK trace into the tank, which would give me 0.2ppm FE on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, water change on Sundays, macros on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
 

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AquariumAntics said:
I'm dosing EI as per Rotala butterfly calculator, eg my biggest tank is approx 900L including sump volume so I would drop 2.2g of APFUK trace into the tank, which would give me 0.2ppm FE on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, water change on Sundays, macros on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Here you go. This is what you were dosing with APFUK. Look at the Dry Dosing column.
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This is what you would need to dose with Solufeed. Look at the Dry Dosing column.
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Divide that by 3 if you want to dose 3x a week.

If you want to tweak stuff you can download the calculator. It's in my signature.
 
Hanuman said:
Here you go. This is what you were dosing with APFUK. Look at the Dry Dosing column.
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This is what you would need to dose with Solufeed. Look at the Dry Dosing column.
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Divide that by 3 if you want to dose 3x a week.

If you want to tweak stuff you can download the calculator. It's in my signature.
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Thank you, I notice that is with TEC-SF that has MG included which I dont plan to use, I will continue to dose magnesium sulphate for Mg so I planned to use the regular sodium free TEC, non SF..

I did try to use that calculator but its far too advanced for me sorry, I may as well be looking at the controls of a Boeing 747 lol also every drop down box to choose various options just says err;509
 
AquariumAntics said:
Thank you, I notice that is with TEC-SF that has MG included which I dont plan to use, I will continue to dose magnesium sulphate for Mg so I planned to use the regular sodium free TEC, non SF..
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There you go.
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AquariumAntics said:
every drop down box to choose various options just says err;509
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With what version of Excel are you trying to open the file ?
 
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AquariumAntics said:
Brilliant, thanks again! So it seems Solufeed TEC is more or less the same and I can continue to use the same dose as APFUK trace.
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Yes pretty close the same amount.

AquariumAntics said:
Ah! I dont have Excel on my PC, its opening with Open Office.
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I see. Yeah the calculator is only compatible with Excel unfortunately.
 
With APFUK closing down is there anywhere else a dumbo like me can get dry ferts that give you easy to follow instructions? I'm not confident/knowledgeable enough to go with some of the options in this thread. I kinda just need something that says mix x amount with water and dose x amount per litre of aquarium water....
Cheers
 
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