Fertilizer dosing

[Craziiininja]

Do you dose easy green until you get 20 ppm nitrates or just one pump regardless of how many nitrates you have. Thanks for any help

Edited October 19, 2020 by Craziiininja

[RyanR]

I dose to between 20 and 40, but I've gotten to know how much my tanks need based on how my plants\fish\algae look.  For example, my 10 gal QT is almost completely covered in floating water sprite.  I know that tank needs more fertilizer than the bottle recommends.  I put two pumps in that tank twice a week because I know the plants will use it quickly.  

[Craziiininja]

Ok i have 7 plants in a 10 gallon with 1 betta so dose it til i get between 20 and 40 nitrates then test everyday til nitrates are gone then redose?

[Craziiininja]

Ive done 3 pumps and im still not quite between 20 and 40 nitrates

[Sleepy]

Just starting out I wouldnt test everyday make it easy on yourself just do the one dose wait a week and see how it looks and dial in the dosing from there.

[Sleepy]

2 minutes ago, Craziiininja said:

Ive done 3 pumps and im still not quite between 20 and 40 nitrates

Should be fine see my post above start there and see how it goes

[Craziiininja]

Ok ive already done 3 pumps still not quite between 20 and 40 nitrates do i do a couple more pumps to raise nitrates or just leave it alone

[Craziiininja]

Ok thank you

[RyanR]

I wouldn't test everyday either.  You can test every 2-3 days to see how it's going.  Also, when you test, test before you feed or put any fertilizers in the aquarium.  Slow growing plants (java fern, anubias, etc) will use fertilizer much slower than fast growing plants like water sprite or hornwort. So the type of plants matters how much or how often you will dose.  There's discussions on here that debate weather it's better to dose more fertilizer less frequently or less fertilizer more frequently.

[Craziiininja]

Ok i have anubias java fern water sprite jungle val italian val and pogostemon stellatus octopus with finnex stingray 10 hours a day and eco complete