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- Daphne, AL (east Mobile Bay)
Hard Hat by Day
Wet, Prunny, (hopefully)Green Thumb by Night
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Polygonum sp 'Sao Paulo'; Hemianthus glomeratus; Ludwigia repens; Starougyne repens 049 Tropica; Cabomba caroliniana; Limnophila aromatica; Heteranthera zosterifolia
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Oto's; SAE's; Red Wag Platies: Gold Mickey Mouse Platies; Neon Tetras
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pat w on 09-20-2010 at 03:49 AM
Originally Posted by
pat w
I'm gearing up for auto dosing. Previously I dosed KNO3,KH2PO4, and CSM+B as per EI recomendations, dry, but now I need to make up stock solutions (2) to feed my doser. I tried using Wet's (very usefull), APC's fertilator, Chuck Glad's, and Nutricalc. They all helped but I still had to do some paper and pencil work.
Now I'm no wizard with Excel but I can generate a formula when I need to so I thought I'd try my hand at a spreadsheet that would allow me to design any stock solution
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pat w on 09-09-2010 at 06:52 PM
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Recently, I entered a discussion on APC targeted at creating a low cost auto dosing solution. All of the proposed systems (including mine) were, to some degree, clumsy and subject to errors in accuracy that I though might be prohibitive. Still, it was a fun exercise trying to concoct a cheap, easy, and accurate dosing system. In the middle of it all an APC member named Andy Ritter mentioned the success he had found with the use of medical infusion pumps. I had seen these before
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