Bobtastic
Member
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could help me confirm the number from FluidSensor Online's EI Calculator? If I put my tank size (240litres) into it I get the following.
Macro
3.7g Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
1.4g Monopotassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
8.9g Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4)
Trace
0.95g TNC Trace
with a regime of Water change - Marco - Trace - Macro - Trace - Macro - Rest - Rest / Repeat
Now I'm ok with the above, but I dont want to have to measure out the above each time I dose. So I was interested in the EI mix. So, scroll down I did to the next section of the calculator. I have some old 500ml TPN+ bottles so I decided to use these for the mix. I selected 500ml and the cal gave me the below
15g Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
5.8g Monopotassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
37g Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4)
Mixed into 500ml of water (I've used de-ionised), and
3.9g TNC Trace
Mixed into 500ml of water
It also states that I need to dose 120ml of each according to the same regime. Is that right? 120ml of ferts each days seems very high!
Also as my scape is just starting out I'm obviously more likely to do more water changes than just the once a week in the regime. How does this affect the EI dosing? Do I just treat it as a reset and start again with the full Macro dose?
Apologies for the long post, just wanted to get it right in my head.
I was wondering if anyone could help me confirm the number from FluidSensor Online's EI Calculator? If I put my tank size (240litres) into it I get the following.
Macro
3.7g Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
1.4g Monopotassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
8.9g Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4)
Trace
0.95g TNC Trace
with a regime of Water change - Marco - Trace - Macro - Trace - Macro - Rest - Rest / Repeat
Now I'm ok with the above, but I dont want to have to measure out the above each time I dose. So I was interested in the EI mix. So, scroll down I did to the next section of the calculator. I have some old 500ml TPN+ bottles so I decided to use these for the mix. I selected 500ml and the cal gave me the below
15g Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)
5.8g Monopotassium Phosphate (KH2PO4)
37g Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4)
Mixed into 500ml of water (I've used de-ionised), and
3.9g TNC Trace
Mixed into 500ml of water
It also states that I need to dose 120ml of each according to the same regime. Is that right? 120ml of ferts each days seems very high!
Also as my scape is just starting out I'm obviously more likely to do more water changes than just the once a week in the regime. How does this affect the EI dosing? Do I just treat it as a reset and start again with the full Macro dose?
Apologies for the long post, just wanted to get it right in my head.