Easy green

[Khole new fish]

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???

[Irene]

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).

[HotTunaCartel]

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? 

[Mmiller2001]

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.

[Khole new fish]

I ask because my tank is only 3.5 gallon planted tank and i am new at this, thank you all for your advice

[Patrick_G]

@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. 

[Irene]

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.

[Patrick_G]

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. 

[Joe V]

I have a question.... the pump on the bottle of easy green is not working.... does one pump equal one ml?

[eatyourpeas]

@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

[Joe V]

@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.

[eatyourpeas]

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.