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I bought a jebao dp2 and 2 containers. I am wanting to dose fertilizers consistently. Looking at nilocg fertilizers. I am not a noob but it’s been years since I was serious into planted tanks. Tips, tricks, etc?

its a 12g long and got 1.5L containers. Mix enough for 2 weeks? Or 1 month at a time? Or make it to last longer?
 

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I bought a jebao dp2 and 2 containers. I am wanting to dose fertilizers consistently. Looking at nilocg fertilizers. I am not a noob but it’s been years since I was serious into planted tanks. Tips, tricks, etc?

its a 12g long and got 1.5L containers. Mix enough for 2 weeks? Or 1 month at a time? Or make it to last longer?
When you follow the formula on nilocg website (either for EI or PPS-PRO) you will be making slightly more then 500ml batches at a time. I would not dream of making that less as one of the great things about having an auto-doser is you don't need to think about ferts again until it's time to replenish the bottles.

The micros are prone to mold after a time. To solve that I add about a teaspoon (just eyeball it) of seachem excel to the micros. That stops them from ever molding. Good luck!
 

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When you follow the formula on nilocg website (either for EI or PPS-PRO) you will be making slightly more then 500ml batches at a time. I would not dream of making that less as one of the great things about having an auto-doser is you don't need to think about ferts again until it's time to replenish the bottles.

The micros are prone to mold after a time. To solve that I add about a teaspoon (just eyeball it) of seachem excel to the micros. That stops them from ever molding. Good luck!
awesome to know. So mix as normal, probably 2 mixes worth and does accordingly. Waiying on pump system to arrive. I assume it is 24 hour timer and not weekly scheduling? Like I don’t think I will be able to do every other day and no dosing on the water change day. So dividing up the dose among 7 days is fine? I assume split the time between macros and micros 12hours apart to avoid reactions?
 

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awesome to know. So mix as normal, probably 2 mixes worth and does accordingly. Waiying on pump system to arrive. I assume it is 24 hour timer and not weekly scheduling? Like I don’t think I will be able to do every other day and no dosing on the water change day. So dividing up the dose among 7 days is fine? I assume split the time between macros and micros 12hours apart to avoid reactions?
I don't know how that doser will work honestly. I have a wifi jebao doser that looks like this:



Actually I have 2 of them because I liked the first one so much. I can set the interval on this doser by the day or by the minute per each head. So if I want one head to dose 10 times a day and another head to dose every 12 days, I can do that pretty easily. I would hope all their dosers would have similar controls, but don't really know.
 

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I don't know how that doser will work honestly. I have a wifi jebao doser that looks like this:



Actually I have 2 of them because I liked the first one so much. I can set the interval on this doser by the day or by the minute per each head. So if I want one head to dose 10 times a day and another head to dose every 12 days, I can do that pretty easily. I would hope all their dosers would have similar controls, but don't really know.
Well we will find out tomorrow!!!
 

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Ok I am looking to mix and program the dozers today. I am looking for recipe to mix up a batch for this 12g long. How do I interpret the rotala butterfly website? Input what size of container I am mixing, choose individual ferts and add each one to respective container? I have magnesium sulfate as well. That goes with micros? The doses the website gives is that the daily dose or weekly dose?
 

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Ok I am looking to mix and program the dozers today. I am looking for recipe to mix up a batch for this 12g long. How do I interpret the rotala butterfly website? Input what size of container I am mixing, choose individual ferts and add each one to respective container? I have magnesium sulfate as well. That goes with micros? The doses the website gives is that the daily dose or weekly dose?
Where did you buy your fertilizers from? Both GLA and Nilocg have dosing instructions for their fertilizers.
 
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