Tetra Guy Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Would there be any advantage to daily dosing of Easy Green? Was thinking of putting a dropper top on the bottle and feeding plants same time I feed fish. I guess the amount would be the weekly dosage divided by 7? I have a small graduated cylinder to initially measure the number of drops that would be. TIA! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Yep. It would help keep your nutrient level consistent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 What @KBOzzie59 said. I break my dosing up throughout the week for this reason. My tank consumes about 1 pump every 2 days so that's what I put in. I should probably do my testing again to get a new dosage amount though because plant mass has more than doubled since I tested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetra Guy Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Thanks for the replies! How do I test for nutrients ? Besides observing plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I dose daily, well almost. I don’t dose the day before a water change or the day of a water change. Good Luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 @Tetra Guy I use the new easy multi test strips(they're awesome) , but whatever test kit/strips you like to use will work well enough. @Irene made a great video about how to find you're tanks proper dosing awhile back, but I'm not sure which chanel it was on (she has her own chanel plus videos on both of the coops channels) It's been awhile since I watched that video but I think my method is very similar. First do a big water change. Then test the water and record the nitrate. Next add easy green until the nitrates increase by 20ppm. Record the new nitrate level and the number of pumps it took to get there. Then test everyday at the same time that you dosed ferts on the first day and record the nitrate level. When nitrates come back down to the level they were at before dosing you know how many days it takes to consume a certain number of pumps of fert and can calculate how much fert your tank consumes per day. For example if your tank is at 10ppm nitrate before ferts and it takes 4 pumps of easy green to get to 30ppm nitrates then takes 8 days to return to 10ppm nitrates then you know you tank consumes 1 pump of easy green every 2 days. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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