IFC Aquarium Fertilizer Calculator

[MrClockOff]

With today’s UX design solutions you will be surprised how much info you can fit inside mobile app view and make it really easy consumable. But yeah got your point 👍

 

[Zeus.]

With today’s UX design solutions you will be surprised how much info you can fit inside mobile app view and make it really easy consumable. But yeah got your point 👍

And as you get older, you will be surprised how much harder data on phones is to read, increasing the font size means less data on screen. Being an ex gamer I'm still a big fan of dual screens setups, they are so much more productive

 

[RobinGB]

Hoping I have understood this correctly... if I have a planted tropical aquarium and I am using RO water I need to:
a) Use the "ReminCalculator" tab, I am cloning APT Sky, I add this to my RO water before a water change
b) Use the "Marco Side" table in "TargetCalculator" tab, I am cloning APT 3/ Complete (I use the daily dose settings).
But now is where I get confused...
c) Use the "Micro Side" table in "TargetCalculator" tab. But what do I select? "APFUK Chelated Trace Elements" doesn't seem to be available anymore in the UK, I see there are other drop down options but I don't know any of them? Also I assume this table is just for composition info as I don't think it enables you to recreate them? In the UK I can easily get hold of Seachem, so I was wondering should I be using Seachem Flourish, or Seachem Trace, for Micro dosing, or something else bearing in mind my remin and macro choices?
I feel I am almost there, I just need help please on what to do for Micro dosing, and if that is everything, or there is something else I need to dose?
Thank you in advance.

 

[hypnogogia]

Hmmmm…are you using the calculator to calculate how to clone the above products or are you trying to to use it to calculate your dose of the product? Calculator is designed for the former, not the latter.

 

[Zeus.]

Use the "ReminCalculator" tab, I am cloning APT Sky, I add this to my RO water before a water change

Add it to the RO water before adding it to the tank is ideal. Adding it whilst filling the tank is acceptable IMO.

In the targetcalulator the dose regime you use for cloning is irrelevant. The calculator does the maths and the weekly dose is the same - as long as you hit 100% on targets, it can sometimes be over 100% dependant on which salts your using.
On the micro side you can use various micro salt mixes, depending on what you can get, the chioce is yours. The caculator just targets the Fe target.

You can make you own micro fert in the DIYtrace sheet, easier to use off the shelk micro salt mixes IMO/IME

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

The caculator just targets the Fe target.

With mixes you can only target one component and iron (Fe) is the most sensible one.

You can make you own micro fert in the DIYtrace sheet, easier to use off the shelk micro salt mixes IMO/IME

Same for me. I would <"need a lot of persuading"> to make my own micro-mix, when I could buy a suitable "off the shelf" mix <"TEC - Sodium Free">.

cheers Darrel

 

[RobinGB]

Thankyou Zeus and Darrel, Solufeed have quite a selection, looks like a supplier that takes care to provide for every customer fert requirement. My 1kg container of TEC - Sodium Free is on order, should last me several years 😀

 

[Zeus.]

One of the solufeeds micro mixes has the same percentages of elements as the micro mix as APFUK, as it happens APFUK use to get their micro mix from solufeed as well.

 

[bazz]

One of the solufeeds micro mixes has the same percentages of elements as the micro mix as APFUK, as it happens APFUK use to get their micro mix from solufeed as well.

Am I right in assuming that this is the TEC- Sodium Free?

 

[Zeus.]

Am I right in assuming that this is the TEC- Sodium Free?

Away from PC ATM, so cant be certain, but if you compare the ppm yields of the different micro salts mixes in the IFC micro side its pretty obvious which one it is.

 

[Simon Cole]

I have quite enjoyed using this calculator this morning. Massive thank you to everyone involved and the creator ... just a few questions please...

1. I wondered why the salt solubility limit is set to 75%? I tend to use pure water and a magnetic stirrer. This is universal for all salts too.
2. I presume the calculator assumes weekly water changes? I have small plant culture tanks that possibly require a water change once per month.
3. One of my salts is only 96% pure so I presume I should adjust the "ratio" column to 0.96.
4. I have calcium sulphate <hemihydrate> and not the dihydrate form. I want to breed cardinas so I could do with some help on this (screenshot attached) please.
5. It might benefit from including sodium as a PPM and even a target element.

Warm regards, Simon

 

[Zeus.]

I have quite enjoyed using this calculator this morning. Massive thank you to everyone involved and the creator

Thank you from all the team 🙂

I wondered why the salt solubility limit is set to 75%?

It was considered a safe place to have the limit after we consulted all the team - 75% was considered a safe limit to also help prevent potential interactions also.

the limit can be adjusted in 'coresettings' by the user.

I presume the calculator assumes weekly water changes?

Yes, and also the calculator only tells you what you have added not the tanks ppm/dKH/TDS
If the user uses the ReminCalculator it only works if the user enters a WC volume.
Your using the 'Bespoke remincalculator' which was the first remin calculator within the TargetCalculator. I would suggest you have a look at the ReminCalculator as it may suit your needs better IMO

One of my salts is only 96% pure so I presume I should adjust the "ratio" column to 0.96.

No, we accept none of the salts are 100% pure and encourage users adjust any dose to suit the plants needs and not follow a magic/mythical ppm.
Slightly different if making a remineralizing agent.
The ratio column refers to the ratio of salts used if more than one salt is used from the element group. If only one salt is used any number will give the same result.

I have calcium sulphate <hemihydrate> and not the dihydrate form. I want to breed cardinas so I could do with some help on this (screenshot attached) please.

The RiminCaculator again would have gave a more complete answer with a 'popup'. The Bespoke remincalculator was squeezed into the target calculator ( @Hanuman did a work of art with condition formatting to get it to work, not to mention the back end code) so there wasnt room for popup in target calculator just a red box.

It might benefit from including sodium as a PPM and even a target element.

Again Na ppm has was added to the Remincalculator as a result and Na salts can be use, although we don't encourage there use. However commercial reminerlising agents do use Na salts.
We didnt add Na as a target as didnt what users to feel there was a need to add Na as generally it its best avoided in the hoddy.
If we was doing a reminerlising for marine tank it would be another storey. I have loosely considered doing one for marine as son has marine tank - maybe one day 😉
@Simon Cole thank you for the insightful questions

 

[Simon Cole]

You are totally welcome @Zeus. It is so much easier than working from notes and I was left distinctly good impression. Thank you for your help this morning.

 

[PeerUnk]

Hi much appreciated developers and supporters of this nice spreadsheet!

I've come accross a situation and I think it's need a little rework or I'm totally lost at what I should fill in.
What I did:

• downloaded version v1.3.1
• went to tab TankAndDosing
• entered the following details in the screen dump for TankDimensions and WaterChangeVolumes

- I drain my tank 6 centimeters, so I go from height 46cm to 40 cm water depth, right?
- Now I add 6-7 liters of tap water (0.5 cm in height), so I go from 40 cm to 40.5 cm water depth, right? When filling in 40.5 as "water depth after TAP water addition", I get a complaint about the minimum level + glass thickness.

I can only enter 41.5 cm as minimum height in field "water depth after TAP water addition" (41.5 = "water depth after draining" = 40.0 cm + "Glass Thickness" = 15 mm), but then "Tap water added after WC" is 18.1 L and that is not what I actually do (adding only 6-7 L)
I think the glass thickness should not be incorporated as a restriction, and it's underlying calculation "tap water added after WC" is indeed correct as I would expect (6 L.)

Could someone clarify this?

Cheers!

 

[PeerUnk]

Oops, I reported else as well in this message, something which was probably a mix up from my end. I edited this message, sorry for any inconvenience...

Just checked again: Yes it was my bad.

 

[PeerUnk]

Oops, again made an error be requesting Yara Tenso cocktail.... somehow I expected my mouse wheel to work work in the pull down menu (and it does not) and missed there were a lot more micro mixes to choose from.

My bad again!... sorry

 

[wayne thrush]

the download link takes me to a page that says "site cant be reached". what am i missing?

 

[Zeus.]

the download link takes me to a page that says "site cant be reached". what am i missing?

The file is on @Hanuman server in Thailand. hes just check it and its fine at his end and working for him, but I cant download myself either in UK. So think its an international internet issue, which should get sorted when the tech guys for internet do there 'stuff'
will keep an eye on it and I post back when its working again or post back yourself if you find its working again yourself
@wayne thrush thanks for the heads up 🙂

 

[Nick9one1]

this page works for me, but the 'download' button does not. IFC Calculator
I also tried with a VPN to Thailand, I think it is a website problem.

 

[Zeus.]

I think it is a website problem.

Doesn't have anything do with website as its a direct link to Hanis NAS.