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07-07-2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Barr View Post
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This is an example of EI for a 12 week supply for a 20 gallon tank.

To 1 liter of DI water add:

60 grams KNO3
18 grams of KH2PO4
25 grams of GH booster

Add 12 mls daily.
Add TMG at 2.5 mls daily.

That's it.

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Hi Tom

I have a question about the above dosing amounts of TMG or Tropica's Plant Nutrition liquid . You are recommending dosing 2.5 ml per 20 gallons or 75.7 liters per day. Tropica recommends dosing 5 ml per 50 liters or 13.2 gallons per week.

Why are you suggesting dosing so much extra TMG? That's a 231% increase over what Tropica recommends.

This is how I got the 231% increase:
(2.5 ml ÷ 75.7 liters x 7 days per week) ÷ (5 ml ÷ 50 liters x 1 day per week) x 100 = 231.2%

Also, the EI dosing of Traces calls for 2 ml 3x per week for 10 to 20 gallon aquariums and for 5 ml 3x per week for 20 to 40 gallon aquariums.

It's odd that there is such a difference. Is this a typo?

Thanks

Left C

Last edited by Left C : 07-08-2007 at 12:37 AM.
  
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