I mean, why kind of does are you giving? Why would you want to use bulk nutrients. Well here are some numbers. If you are dosing 60gallons of water with Flourish Potassium you would need ml to get to 20 ppm. If you are dosing 60 gallons of water with Flourish Phosphorus you would need to dose 48 ml to get to 1 ppm.
If you are dosing 60 gallons of water with Flourish Nitrogen you would need to dose 30 ml to get to 10 ppm. So if you dose once a week that bottle will last you 5 weeks. So if you dose once a week that bottle would last you 10 weeks. So if you dose once a week that bottle will last you 16 weeks. Note there is no shipping factored in here and there are some rounding errors. To dose the same tank with bulk nutrients. Note that is 5 doses for a penny. Decaying plant matter will turn into ammonia and nitrates, which will be used up by algae.
It requires some time, tests and patience to balance out the amount of fertilizers and liquid carbon in your tank. Each setup is different, and has its own complexity.
So, I recommend starting with small amounts first. It is much better to under dose and slowly increase the amount of Flourish Excel and see what works for your setup. The main compound of Flourish Excel Glutaraldehyde is used in the agriculture as pesticide and is used to disinfect and sterilize heat-sensitive equipment source. That said, Flourish Excel can and will kill algae and plants if it is overdosed. If used in very large quantities, Flourish Excel can kill fish too.
Killing algae with Flourish Excel will not happen overnight. However, there are few tricks you can use to speed up the process. You can dose Flourish Excel to your aquarium normally, like you would dose fertilizers or medication. This is the slowest process of killing algae. As you can see, almost all the black beard and green beard algae are gone from the plants. I got this result after about 3 weeks of using Flourish Excel. So you need to have patience. If you want to speed up the process, you can use Flourish Excel for spot treatments.
Just measure the amount of Flourish Excel you need into a syringe, and inject it right where the algae grows. Just after 2 days, you will see the algae will start dying off. You can go even further. If your plants are highly infested with algae, you pull out the affected plants and apply Flourish Excel with a brush. I use this technique to get rid of black beard algae on Anubias plants. You can find out more on this method here. As mentioned above, you can use Flourish Excel to kill algae.
However the goal with this product is not to kill algae. Our goal is to help plants grow faster and outcompete the algae. Eventually the algae will die, because the plants will suck up all the nutrients.
If you want only to kill algae fast, you might want to use a product, which is made for this purpose. I highly recommend the Tetra Algae Control from Amazon. Flourish Excel is not very cheap, but is definitely way cheaper than a CO2 system.
However, if you are looking for an even cheaper liquid carbon solution for your planted tank, here are some products I recommend:. You might not get the same results with these products as with Flourish Excel, but will definitely help in growing beautiful plants more effectively. The manufacturer recommend dosing 5 ml of Flourish Excel to every liter 53 gallons every day.
So, I made the following table with rough estimates of how much Flourish Excel should be added to different size planted aquariums. You might not see results right away when using Flourish Excel, but with time and patience, your aquarium will look fantastic.
I really hope that my article has helped you figure out how to dose Flourish Excel to your aquarium. Hey John. What is the issue in the tank? You want to fight algae? You want to grow plants? How many plants you have? I can only advice you if I know more about your tank. In my opinion you should dose small amount Flourish excel on daily basis. The manufacturer says that it will last for 24 hours in the water.
The reason plants need CO 2 is to produce longer chain carbon compounds also known as photosynthetic intermediates. Photosynthetic intermediates includes compounds such as ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate, and 2-carboxyketo-D-arabinitol 1,5 bisphosphate.
Although the names are complicated, the structures are quite simple 5 carbon chains. Simple chemical or enzymatic steps can easily convert it to any one to any one of the above named compounds or a variety of others. Thereafter use 1 capful for every L 50 US gallons daily or every other day. For smaller dosing please note that each cap thread is approximately 1 mL. A: Carbon intake is a function of photosynthesis.
A: Yes and no. It provides the same benefit as CO 2 , i. Almost everything is listed as proprietary in their MSDS. Glutaraldehyde is used as a fish poison and no research had been done about chronic exposure at lower doses.
In another forum Seachem admitted they didn't do the research either. They just picked an arbitrary dosage that worked for plants that didn't seem to affect the fish in their tanks. There's no guarantee the recommended dosage is safe for all fish in all tanks and no guarantee it doesn't cause long term damage. But you know what? I became so sad that I lost my fish because of my stupidity that I stick with just adding water conditioner and beneficial bacteria.
All it is is carbon. Glutaraldehyde doesn't kill by reducing oxygen. It cross links proteins causing a variety of injuries to microorganisms, plants, and animals.
It's more than carbon. It's a biocide that may be able to act as a carbon source for plants. It's used for fracking, paper pulping, and to sterilize hospital instruments such as endoscopes. It was banned in the UK due to toxicity issues.
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