Overdosing

[Wrams]

Hi All!
I have a quick question for all you plant experts:

I was told to overdose my tank with Flourish Excel to help with Algae problems. My main concern is will this or can this hurt or kill my fish? I have a 90L Roma which is planted and with the following fish in my Signature.

On the label it says 1 capful per 10 Gallons, if this is the case then how much do i put in to overdose?

Thanks Guys and Gals!!

 

[bricko]

I have used a 3 x overdose of flourish excel in the past to no ill affects.

Basically on the label it will recommend > DIRECTIONS: On initial use or after a major (> 40%) water change, use 1 capful (5 mL) for every 40 L (10 gallons*). I used 15ml per 40ltr and experienced no initial adverse affects to either fish or shrimp. That said I am no expert in the field of chemistry and can only go off my own personal experience.

Worked very well for me eliminating green hair algae, I now use a better nutrient dosing regime and CO2 & better lighting and am not experiencing any algae issues anymore.

Here is a quick link to seachems website FAQ regarding flourish excel > http/www.seachem.com/support/FAQs/FlourishExcel_faq.html

Hope this helps you Wrams,

Cheers,

Bricko

 

[aaronnorth]

it depends on the fish but there has been very few cases of it happening.

Overdose by 3x daily. I also scrap the seachem instructions slightly and go with the following as it keeps things simple:

On initial use or after a major (> 40%) water change, use 1 capful (5 mL) for every 40 L (10 gallons*). Thereafter use 1 capful for every 200 L (50 gallons*) daily or every other day.

 

[RadaR]

Tom Barr has always advised people not to overdose Excel but rather dose it more frequently at the same initial dosage.

 

[SuperColey1]

Exactly. he says if you don't overdose you will have the same effect just slower and with no risk to anything else.

AC