Jeroen712
New Member
Yesterday i decided to switch over to EI dosing for multiple reasons. I live in Holland, and all the big names from america (NilocG etc.) aren't available to me. So i've found this Dutch website which sells all the powders. They have their own little Estimative Index calculator, which shows you how much of their powders you have to put in the seperate containers (Macro, Micro) in order to get the solution you need. which is the following:
Recipe for the Macro solution:
Add 432ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water in a container with a minimum content of 500ml.
Add 10.28 grams of potassium nitrate (KNO3)
Add 0.8 grams of potassium phosphate (KH2PO4)
Add 4.68 grams of potassium sulfate (K2SO4)
After you have added the ingredients, shake the bottle for about 1 minute so that all the powders dissolve.
Then add another 48ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water so that your total solution comes out in volume at 480ml. This amount makes dosing easier than 500ml.
Recipe for the Micro solution:
Add 432ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water in a container with a minimum content of 500ml.
Add 2.92 grams of trace elements (Tenso Cocktail)
After you have added the ingredients, shake the bottle for about 1 minute so that all the powders dissolve.
Then add another 48ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water so that your total solution comes out in volume at 480ml. This amount makes dosing easier than 500ml.
Monday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Tuesday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
Wednesday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Thursday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
Friday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Saturday
Refresh (approximately) 50% of your aquarium water
(rest day)
Sunday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
So after that i looked up the Rotala Butterfly calculator from Barreport and it shows different grams for every single ingredient except for KNO3. For example: the website i use says add 0,8 grams of KH2PO4 and the barreport says 1,56 grams. So my question is...
Are there different kinds of powders which are like "stronger?"? The guys who sell these powders have award winning aquariums and they have been doing this for a long long time.
It might be a dumb question but yeah.. I've never done this before and would like to do this the right way.
Thanks!
Recipe for the Macro solution:
Add 432ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water in a container with a minimum content of 500ml.
Add 10.28 grams of potassium nitrate (KNO3)
Add 0.8 grams of potassium phosphate (KH2PO4)
Add 4.68 grams of potassium sulfate (K2SO4)
After you have added the ingredients, shake the bottle for about 1 minute so that all the powders dissolve.
Then add another 48ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water so that your total solution comes out in volume at 480ml. This amount makes dosing easier than 500ml.
Recipe for the Micro solution:
Add 432ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water in a container with a minimum content of 500ml.
Add 2.92 grams of trace elements (Tenso Cocktail)
After you have added the ingredients, shake the bottle for about 1 minute so that all the powders dissolve.
Then add another 48ml of lukewarm to warm (osmosis) water so that your total solution comes out in volume at 480ml. This amount makes dosing easier than 500ml.
Monday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Tuesday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
Wednesday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Thursday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
Friday
Add 40ml Macro solution to your aquarium.
Saturday
Refresh (approximately) 50% of your aquarium water
(rest day)
Sunday
Add 40ml of Micro solution to your aquarium.
So after that i looked up the Rotala Butterfly calculator from Barreport and it shows different grams for every single ingredient except for KNO3. For example: the website i use says add 0,8 grams of KH2PO4 and the barreport says 1,56 grams. So my question is...
Are there different kinds of powders which are like "stronger?"? The guys who sell these powders have award winning aquariums and they have been doing this for a long long time.
It might be a dumb question but yeah.. I've never done this before and would like to do this the right way.
Thanks!