Dosing EI is tougher unless you plan on doing a lot of water changes with Marine water.
EI is not something you want to use verbatum off the EI article, the concept yes, not the dosings.
I dose the Kent stuff at 5mls per 80 liters 2-3x a week.
I dose KNO3 at about 1/8 teaspoon for this same volume 2x a week.
A "speck" of PO4 after things have grown in 1x week. About 0.2ppm.
I do 70% water changes weekly, sometimes I slack.
I found that CO2 did not really help the macro's.
Regards,
Tom Barr
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Originally Posted by WarEagleNR88
Tom, thanks! Question for you if I may, what kind of Fe dosing schedule do you use for your macro algae tanks?
I'm considering purchasing "Kent Marine Super Chelated Iron Supplement with Manganese" through a local vendor and am wondering its performance with regards to macroalgaes. I've read through Randy Holmes-Farley's Fe article and realize that with macros, I should definitely dose Fe. The only Fe supplement source I currently have is Planted CSM+B and that includes chelated Copper at 1% which is a big no no for reef application--and I plan on having invertebrates in the tank.
I plan on fully utilizing your EI of dosing as I have done in the past with my very successful planted tanks--that does remind me I should bring my 10G out of hibernation to put my current plants. I have lots of Marsilea sp. that were growing out of control over the substrate of my 20G long before I swapped my reef into the tank. I love that little plant but I don't want to lose them as they are currently bagged! Are there any marine plants like that?
Also, I'll be transferring my SMS122 w/ 5 lb tank over to this macroalgae setup and pumping it with CO2 to help out my macroalgae growth. What do you think of that!  |