RE: [APD] non-CO2 medium planted 55G

["Wise, Nicholas" <Nicholas_Wise at lgeenergy.com>]

> I have this Tanganyika tank setup that I wrote about some 
> weeks back. It's got the beginning of a wall o'plants in the 
> back -- thanks to suggestions here it's supported by eggcrate 
> and is about 1/3 filled with water wisteria. 
> (I'm growing out more wisteria to add.) I'd describe the tank 
> as somewhere between lightly and moderately planted now, and 
> it should be moderately planted when everything is in. (It 
> won't be heavily planted because most of the floor will be 
> taken up by lamprologus ocellatus.) Dosing with Excel. 
> 130W of light. No algae at the moment other than a little 
> dust on the walls that gets wiped off once a week.
> 
> Suggestions on how to dose this puppy would be appreciated. I 
> am dosing haphazardly now -- i.e. when I think that going 
> another day or so could be a problem -- besides adding 5ml of 
> Excel daily. I figure that haphazard dosing is ultimately 
> going to get me in trouble.

You didn't mention the size.  But, if you need help figuring out how
much to dose, there is no better tool than Chuck's calculator.

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_dosage_calc.htm

-Nick 

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