TankedUp Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 For the one pump a dayer's. Heat the end of airline and press it on the pump tip. Leave enough hanging down to squirt into the HOB discharge. It also keeps the lid from vibrating. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, team fishes and shrimps said: you are not supposed to use one pump per day. Hi, I'm just curious. What is wrong with doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, team fishes and shrimps said: you are not supposed to use one pump per day. 10 minutes ago, Frank said: Hi, I'm just curious. What is wrong with doing that? Its not necessarily bad. Each planted tank is different. With a tank that has one anubius, one pump a week could be dosing too much because there is only one plant absorbing the nutrients. If you have a heavily planted tank, and the plants are absorbing the nutrients faster then one week, then you would want to dose more. Once a week is just what an average planted tank would need. Here is a video that Cory did that may help you out and make more sense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, James Black said: Its not necessarily bad. Each planted tank is different. With a tank that has one anubius, one pump a week could be dosing too much because there is only one plant absorbing the nutrients. If you have a heavily planted tank, and the plants are absorbing the nutrients faster then one week, then you would want to dose more. Once a week is just what an average planted tank would need. Here is a video that Cory did that may help you out and make more sense Thanks. If I have a 70gallon tank, the directions recommend 7 pumps once per week. Is that somehow different to 1 pump per day? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, team fishes and shrimps said: ok fair. I do apologize. I do nano no bigger than 20 gallon so not used to thinking big. No reason for any apology. I'm just trying to learn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefft51 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Once a week makes it simpler. Once a day can make the amount of nutrients more consistent. How fast the plants use up the nutrients and how often and how much you do water changes affects the amount of nutrients available. Either way you need to adjust depending on how your plants and algae are doing. If your nitrates are high you may be fertilizing too much (or too few water changes or too many fish). My guess that in the wild, nutrients are about the same day to day but may change season to season. I don't know if plants do better or worse with nutrients going up and down or consistent. Probably depends on the plant. I also don't know what algae like. Conclusion, either way should be fine, just adjust as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankedUp Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 I do one pump a day if my nitrates are below 5ppm instead of one dose a week i spread it out over the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 As long as the dosage is good for your situation, I think this is brilliant! One pump after every morning feeding is easy to remember, and hooking it right up to feed directly into the HOB is a great idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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