Khole new fish Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I used easy green on Tuesday and did my routine water change today should i put in a smaller amount of easy green or just leave it as is until Tuesday??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I usually just measure my nitrate to see how much to add and shoot for 40-50 ppm nitrate (as long as I have plenty of plants and not a huge bioload from animals). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTunaCartel Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 3:37 PM, Irene said: I usually just measure my nitrate to see how much to add and shoot for 40-50 ppm nitrate (as long as I have plenty of plants and not a huge bioload from animals). Kind of a silly question. Do you start with the 1 pump per gallon, test then add an additional pump and test until you get 40-50 nitrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I would just dose the incoming water per directions. So if you removed 10 gallons, and replaced 10 gallons, just dose 1 pump. If you are consistent with your water changes, this "front loading" strategy works very well and maintains stability slightly better. 40 to 50 ppm NO3 is too high. I don't know of any strictly maintained tanks running such high NO3. I'd imagine that recommendation is to compensate for such low PPM of PO4 and K in Easy Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khole new fish Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 I ask because my tank is only 3.5 gallon planted tank and i am new at this, thank you all for your advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 @Khole new fish, I usually just wait and add it once a week, but I also test my water to make sure my nitrate level isn’t to high or low since adding Easy Green directly affects the nitrate level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 9:49 AM, Khole new fish said: I ask because my tank is only 3.5 gallon planted tank and i am new at this, thank you all for your advice The directions on the bottle say 1 pump per 10 gallons of water, so I usually try to do a half pump or less for a tank that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 9:48 AM, Irene said: The directions on the bottle say 1 pump per 10 gallons of water, so I usually try to do a half pump or less for a tank that size. I often use a trick I learned on the forum. I’ll put one pump into one cup of water and then dose an amount of that solution proportionate to the tank size. So my three gallon tanks gets 1/3 cup. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe V Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 I have a question.... the pump on the bottle of easy green is not working.... does one pump equal one ml? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) @Joe VCan you get a hold of a cheap plastic pipette or a syringe? It makes measuring everything for aquarium needs much easier. Edited January 5, 2022 by eatyourpeas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe V Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 @eatyourpeas thanks, I do have a pipette that goes upto 5 ml. I would still need to know how much to put into my tank. I think I remember hearing on a video one pump is equal to 1ml. I am just not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 11:47 AM, Joe V said: @eatyourpeas thanks, I do have a pipette that goes upto 5 ml. I would still need to know how much to put into my tank. I think I remember hearing on a video one pump is equal to 1ml. I am just not sure. Ah, I see. Yes, the back of the bottle says one pump is equivalent to 1ml. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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