Re: [APD] Nano Tank Dosing

["Wise, Nicholas" <Nicholas_Wise at eon-us.com>]

It could easily be done.  Chuck Gadd used to have a calculator that
would figure all that for you. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com 
> [mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com] On Behalf Of Vaughn Hopkins
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:01 PM
> To: aquatic plants digest
> Subject: [APD] Nano Tank Dosing
> 
> I'm just setting up a 2 gallon nano tank right now, and I'm 
> worrying about how to dose fertilizers in such a small tank.  
> I will have a 17 watt screw-in fluorescent bulb, 5500K, for 
> light, and it can be adjusted to from an inch above the water 
> up to a foot or so above the water.  So, I think at around 6 
> inches up, it will be moderately high light.  I plan to use 
> Excel for carbon and dose KNO3, KH2PO4 and CSM+B 
> +extra iron per the EI method.  Has anyone tried successfully to
> combine all but the traces into one pre-mix with distilled 
> water, so you can dose like 10 ml at a time instead of just 
> grains of dry ferts and drops of Excel?  Nano tanks are a 
> totally new experience for me.
> 
> VaughnH.
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