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xinnix
02-05-2005, 20:41
The products that I would like advise on are:
Flourish comprehensive supplement
Flourish Excel
Flourish Iron
I have a 40 gallon tall planted tank, with community fish.
The testing I do are for:

Phosphates
FE Waiting on Seachem test kit in the male. (The one from Red Sea is garbage) Reads 0ppm even if I add 20ml of Florish FE to 1 gallon of water.
KH
GH
PH
Nitrite
Nitrate
What levels should I try to maintain for Phosphate and FE.
What would you recommend for a dosage of each of the products Florish, Excel, FE, and Comprehensive Supplement and how often.
What should I keep my FE at?
What level should the Phosphates be at?
I am adding CO2 to the tank with three Nutrafin Plant system CO2 generators and the CO2 levels are about 24 ppm.
PH is 6.8
KH is 5 deg or 89 ppm.
Phosphates .7 using your test kit.
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite is 0ppm
Nitrates are 10 ppm
Lighting is 140watts
Temperature is 78 deg. F
I did have a Staghorn Algae problem and it was cured by increasing my CO2 plus the addition of the Flourish Excel.
Please advise on a weekly or daily dosage of the products mentioned above
I also have a 30 gallon long tank with the same conditions.
This tank has about 90 watts of lighting
CO2 is closer to 30ppm
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite is 0ppm
Nitrates are 10 ppm
Temp 78 deg. F

Tech Support CH
02-09-2005, 15:14
I'm sorry it took so long to reply, I've been trying to get the suggested doseing chart uploaded on to our site. Since I haven't been able to do so yet I will try to type it out here. One consideration is to test for Iron levels before adding Flourish Iron, to test Nitrite / Nitrate levels before adding Flourish Nitrogen, and test the Phosphate levels before adding Flourish Phosphorus.

Here is the Suggested dosing chart:
Day of week
Product Dose

Day 1
Flourish 1 cap per 60 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 10 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Phospourus 1/2 cap per 40 US gallons
Flourish Nitrogn 1/2 cao per 40 US gallons

Day 2
Flourish Trace 1 cap per 20 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons

Day 3
Flourish Potassium 1 cap per 30 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons

Day 4
Flourish Trace 1 cap per 20 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Phospourus 1/2 cap per 40 US gallons
Flourish Nitrogn 1/2 cap per 40 US gallons

Day 5
Flourish Potassium 1 cap per 30 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons

Day 6
Flourish 1 cap per 60 US gallons
Flourish Excel 1 cap per 50 US gallons
Flourish Iron 1 cap per 50 US gallons

Day 7
Prime Use 1mL per 10 US gallons to dechlorinate water
Alkaline Buffer Use as necessary to establish desired pH and KH
Acid Buffer Use with Alkaline Buffer as necessary to establish desired pH and KH
Equilibrium Use as necessary to establish desired GH

The recommended levels of:
Iron is 0.10 mg/L
Phosphorus is 0.15-1.0 mg/L

Let us know if you have any other questions.