Best of luck.
I followed Sears /Conlin fairly strictly for about 2 months adding zero
phosphate. I got a nice algae -free tank and my Fe and NO3 stabilised at 0.5
and 5ppm respectively.
I then added about 0.5ppm phosphate and WOW, plant growth took off almost
instantaneously, and NO3 and Fe dropped to zero overnight. Never seen
anything like it. Had to shovel in additives like mad to get a reading. Very
interesting!!

Good luck to you

Paul

"Skunky" wrote in message
...

Thanx for the reply Paul. I read the threads. I have mixed 2 scoops of
the trace element mix into 300ml of water, I've basically followed the
sears and conlin recipe. Although I have some KNO3, I have omitted it
as my NO3 levels in both tanks range between 10-25mg/l due to
reasonable fish load. As for PO4, I have to use resin to keep it at
around 0.5mg/l.

I've started dosing the tanks everyday instead of weekly. The tanks are
260l and 300l, I've started off using 5ml daily in each tank. Fingers
crossed!


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