Help me unserstand how to dose iron for my 20L

Navigarden · 08-22-2010, 06:33 PM

Ok so I have a 20 gallon long tank (just upgraded yippee!) and a couple red plants that have the potential (and I want) to be REALLY red.
I have a Coralife 30inch T5HO and a live stock of cherries and threadfins.

Right now I have and am dosing Flourish Iron about 1ml about 2-3 times a week. I haven't found an iron test kit locally yet and am really afraid of overdosing to adverse effects on my livestock.

I also use the standard EI dosing regime. Except that I no longer dose the CSM + B (I've linked some early shrimp death in my tank to it. I think there is too much copper trace in it for the shrimp to handle).

If anyone can give me some advice on safely dosing my iron I would SUPER appreciate it lol.

csmith · 08-22-2010, 11:47 PM

You won't OD with Seachem Iron unless you seriously overdo it. The stuff is mostly water.
As for CSM+B, yes it has some copper in it. Many, many people with shrimp use it and don't lose shrimp because of it.

Eden Marel · 08-23-2010, 12:25 AM

I dose 1ml Seachem Iron every other day and soon I will be doing it everyday, in my 10g. Plus any other minimal amount in Comprehensive.

So you need more, 2ml minimum.

Navigarden · 08-26-2010, 03:19 AM

thanks guys!

08-22-2010, 06:33 PM	#1
Navigarden Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 295	Help me unserstand how to dose iron for my 20L Ok so I have a 20 gallon long tank (just upgraded yippee!) and a couple red plants that have the potential (and I want) to be REALLY red. I have a Coralife 30inch T5HO and a live stock of cherries and threadfins. Right now I have and am dosing Flourish Iron about 1ml about 2-3 times a week. I haven't found an iron test kit locally yet and am really afraid of overdosing to adverse effects on my livestock. I also use the standard EI dosing regime. Except that I no longer dose the CSM + B (I've linked some early shrimp death in my tank to it. I think there is too much copper trace in it for the shrimp to handle). If anyone can give me some advice on safely dosing my iron I would SUPER appreciate it lol.

08-22-2010, 11:47 PM	#2
csmith Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (18/100%) Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 203	You won't OD with Seachem Iron unless you seriously overdo it. The stuff is mostly water. As for CSM+B, yes it has some copper in it. Many, many people with shrimp use it and don't lose shrimp because of it. __________________ C. Smith 1. Watt [ wot ]: noun -- the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt. 2. Per [ pur; unstressed per ]: preposition -- for each; for every. 3. Gallon [ gal-uhn ]: noun -- a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts. What does this have to do with growing plants?

08-23-2010, 12:25 AM	#3
Eden Marel Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (38/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,379	I dose 1ml Seachem Iron every other day and soon I will be doing it everyday, in my 10g. Plus any other minimal amount in Comprehensive. So you need more, 2ml minimum. __________________ Canon Club Agent #007 PSN: EdenMarel Erica's Photos on Razzi

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08-26-2010, 03:19 AM	#4
Navigarden Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 295	thanks guys!