That 5Ca is 'Calcium Nitrate'. In the US, they sell the double salt incorrectly as calcium.nitrate. ugh.
Get the GLA calcium.nitrate and use as 5Ca.
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- Sat Mar 03, 2018 1:41 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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- Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:20 am
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
Kris asked that I post the latest... Stock Solution A H20 250ml KNO3 15g 5Ca(NO3)2.NH4NO3.10H2O 5g Stock Solution B H20 250 ml MgSO4.7H2O 3g KH2PO4 2g K2SO4 14g The 5Ca.. in Stock A, is what is sold (incorrectly) as Calcium Nitrate in the US. Dosage is easy, for a 100 G tank, use 100ml of Stock A an...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:35 pm
- Forum: Announcements, comments & suggestions
- Topic: What's app group
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What's app group
Started an informal WhatsApp group...
Figured it.would be a good way to trade clippings on trim.day or whatever..
Here is the link
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Lk6CMEqgVkm7hzNiqwSp3Z
Figured it.would be a good way to trade clippings on trim.day or whatever..
Here is the link
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Lk6CMEqgVkm7hzNiqwSp3Z
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 7:59 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
OK after MUCH experimentation, successes and failures - partly due to the industry calling using 'Calcium Nitrate' quite loosely ( :evil: ), the latest results are VERY encouraging. Here's the mix for a small batch (I usually multiply everything by 10 since I use a lot of this): Solution A: Start wi...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:26 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
Boric acid 0.120 grams
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:42 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
They all work to some degree, but after tweaking it, the last receive I posted is the most current.
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
The rotalas seem to prefer less Ca. Everything else seems to be growing well, including the Erios. Starting to lose track of what I posted up here and what I'm using - should be the same as what we had shared earlier but I'll post it here just to be safe... Stock A Water (milliliters) 250 KNO3 (gram...
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:49 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
The better color is expected - since this has higher phos.
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:47 am
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
Kris - like I'd mentioned, I'd switched back to the standard EI, to re-establish a baseline. Now that I've been using this updated recipe for the last 2-3 weeks (minus the boron since I want to control that separately) I can see an obvious positive difference in the growth of myro sp. Guyana and all...
- Sun May 22, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: Planted tank chemistry
- Topic: Simple Macro Mix
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Re: Simple Macro Mix
Hey Kris, here's the new mix I was talking about earlier... Stock A Water (milliliters) 250 Ca(NO3)2.4H2O (grams) 10 Mg(NO3)2.6H2O (grams) 4 KNO3 (grams) 10 H3BO3 0.4 Stock B MgSO4.7H2O (grams) 3 KH2PO4 (grams) 4.5 Dosage is volume of tank 3 x weeks but in ml e.g 75G tank will get 75ml of both stock...