TNC Complete - Plant Fertilizer Aquarium/Aquatic Plant Food (1000ml)

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In that scenario, a 500ml bottle of APT would have lasted 18 months, whereas the 500ml bottle of TNC would have been 6 months (at a 3ml/day dose). Where both get expensive is when using it for large tanks, which is why I use dry salts and mix my own for my 350L. If it were me, I would work out how many doses (I do it in days) you'll get from both fertilisers and see what's more value for money that way. per 10 litres of tank water 3x per week will give a dose similar to the Estimative Index levels – Be sure to change 50% of your water once per week to remove organic waste from the plants. TNC Complete is a ready mixed fertiliser for the planted aquarium, containinga balanced blend of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium as well as Magnesium and all the important trace elements for a great growth.

I'm not usually an advocate of test kits, but in the case of iron (Fe) it is quite easy to get an accurate reading for your tank water, mainly because nearly all iron compounds are both coloured and insoluble. per 10 litres of tank water 3x per week will give a dose similar to the Estimative Index levels Be sure to change 50% of your water once per week to remove organic waste from the plants. If you test the potassium and iron coming out of the tap and in your tank at different points in the day, it should give you a rough idea of how much fertiliser you need to add. Nitrate testing is quite hard to do, so see if your water company has any info, or if you want to you could buy a more accurate test kit (I haven't done this) https://www.aquasabi.com/Macherey-Nagel-Visocolor-ECO-Nitrate-Test-kitIt is not a kit I've used, but if it goes red? It probably uses this method In which case one of the bottles will be an acetate buffer (sodium or ammonium acetate?) and the other hydroxylamine. I have a plan in mind in regards to the light and adding ferts. Can I get your guys thoughts on it. I will be ferting TNC complete For me, it's pretty simple i use a calculator to find the correct amounts of dry salts to reach the proper PPM value. Then i have a 0.01 pharmacy (jewellers) weight scale and a scoop. I'm currently having low tech setups only and dose dry salts directly into the aquarium after a water change... I’m beginning to point the finger at fertilisation. I’ve been dosing TNC Complete, using the 3x dosage which supposedly approximates EI. But I’ve just done some sums, and I’m not sure it does.

The reason I want to switch over to DIY salts is cost, not really for this tank as it's not that expensive using TNC Complete for this tank but I'm about to set up a second tank and another larger third tank will be coming after that one, hence the interest in switching to DIY salts. All three tanks will be low light/low tech so the nutrient requirements should be pretty much the same per litre so I figured I'd get to grips with the dry salt mix now before I start the second tank. Hey all! Looking for advice on how I can best change my dosing over from TNC Complete to DIY Salts for my low light/low tech tank. I know EI was designed with high light/high tech tanks in mind so I want to figure out what I would need to dose to roughly equal what I am dosing now with TNC Complete and maybe what I can safely increase/decrease from there. I’m minded to go with people’s advice and try upping to 2ml per day and see what happens. I read somewhere (it may have been one of Clive’s posts) that a phosphate shortage can interfere with nitrate uptake, so it seems worth a try to increase everything.I use these as a guideline as it is lower nitrogen than full EI and that means I can clean my glass less often. Remember if you start by just dosing a little bit, you'll probably reach the ideal levels or higher for most of the elements. Try to dose the minimum to get to the ideal level of your most depleted nutrient (for me potassium). Weoffer for sale macroalgae from our mature macroalgae mother colonies in a premium quality & 100% healthy within the UK and EU. TNC Complete includes 0.0002% Copper, which is 20 times more than in Seachem Flourish, whilst Brightwell's ChaetoGro does not include any Copper.

TNC Complete is an aquatic plant food specially formulated for use in all planted aquariums. For aquariums where the fish load is not meeting the requirements to supply the necessary Nitrate and Phosphate TNC Complete is ideal for making up this shortfall. I have 7 ember tetras, 3 pygmy cories and 2 Amano shrimp. And an unknown number of Asellus aquaticus (thanks for the ID, Darrell!), probably hitch-hikers from some hornwort I transferred from the pond. This will be “it” for at least a while, although a small colony of cherries is a possibility once the tank is a bit more mature. And then only if the plants in it tell me it's necessary. Some low tech setups, depending in their age and plant species can be pretty self-sustaining without adding any ferts. For example, i have a low tech tank with Anubias, crypts, valis, java fern and a lily and some mosses. And i rarely dose it with ferts... If i do, the valis goes bonkers and out of control. According to Rotala Butterfly, it agrees with what several of you have said, that I should indeed be dosing 2ml or even 3ml a day of TNC Complete. I think it suggests 2.5ml a day.If you have a look at the <" Nutrient Calculator"> that @Zeus., @Hanuman, @fablau& @X3NiTH have developed <" it lays bare"> just what <" an incredible mark up"> there is on these ready made liquid fertiliser products. Even if you have quite a small tank, if you are using EI, then the initial cost of buying the dry salts and dosing bottles is dwarfed by the cost of the branded products. Some people are always going to prefer ease of use, but it really is a contest to find the <" World's most expensive water">. TNC Complete is an aquatic plant food specially formulated for use in all planted aquariums. For aquariums where the fish load is not meeting the requirements to supply the necessary Nitrate and Phosphate – TNC Complete is ideal for making up this shortfall. Thank you-I didn't mention any values here because different amounts work well for different people. I would personally encourage you to aim for Dennis Wong's values: (in ppm)