Dosing Trace Elements

[leafs]

I've been dosing Tropica master grow for trace elements and have been dosing 1/2 the recommended dosage for a few weeks now and will using the full dose in a week. My question is, should I be spreading out the dosage over a week or can I just dose once a week?

Thanks

 

[simonbrown403]

If your using the EI method, you would dose three times a week, usually around the 5ml mark for a 100ltr tank.
If i remember an article i read, it stated that increase levels of micro nutrients would give increased vigor in plant growth, but only to a certain point, where it becomes wasteful.

Tropica master grow, contains almost all nutrients i think, I've been using seachem's flourish which is a similar product in a 60ltr tank at 5ml per week to good effect, i probably could increase it.

 

[leafs]

Thanks. I thought I'd make it easier on myself by dosing once a week, but I'll spread it out over a week.

 

[zig]

5ml 3x per week for every 20 US gallons if you have a highlight tank and follow EI principles, its also assuming the tank has a reasonable amount of plants in it.

 

[leafs]

Zig,

my tank is 29 gal and the lfs told me to dose 5 ml once a week with Tropica master grow for about a month, then 10 ml a week after that. I'm a little hesitant to add too much because I have some hair algae that I'm dealing with at the moment and I'm concerned that it will make it worse.. My tank does have a reasonable amount of plants with 2.3 watt a gallon. My nitrate is usually kept around 10 ppm and my C02 is close to 30 ppm. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[zig]

The hair algae is probably due to low co2 levels so make sure you are on top of that.

 

[leafs]

The hair algae is probably due to low co2 levels so make sure you are on top of that.

I'll monitor it more closely. Thanks