Hi all,
Long time lurker finally getting signed up to post. First of all, thanks to everyone involved in building and refining the calculator. As a heavy Excel user I can appreciate the amount of effort that has gone in to building it!
If it isn't too much trouble, could someone cast their eye over my calculations before I mix up the first batch?
The tank is reasonably heavily planted but with mostly slower growing plants (will add some faster growing stem plants in the near future), CO2 injection and decently high lighting.
I've gone for a relatively large daily dose amount to keep the concentration a bit lower as had issues with clogged doing lines in the past.
50% water changes weekly, soft water area, values below populated with what's published.
I've been using Equilibrium up until now, but realise it isn't actually the best thing so looking to use salts to boost the content of the tap water just slightly. Maybe not necessary? Happy to take advice on it.
Looking to recreate APT 3 daily doses in an all in one mix. Mostly because I've previously used a mix that was published on the old 2HR Aquarist site before it sold any products and got some decent results. Looking to see if an APT 3 style mix is any better. I've deliberately left Mg out of this mix as there should be plenty added on WC day. I've not particularly got my heart set on matching APT 3, it was just vaguely close to what I was using before and is achievable with the salts I've got to hand.
I've noticed chloride levels might be a bit high due to dosing both calcium chloride on WC day and potassium chloride daily. Is that likely to be an issue?
Happy to take on any changes or suggestions from those more experienced. The tank has been steadily doing its thing - surviving but not thriving for the last while. I've now got the capacity to properly get my elbows wet again so looking forward to getting it looking better than ever!
