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Hello everyone,
I have recently started dosing my aquarium according to PPS PRO mix on daily schedule.
The recipe on GLA website per 500mll bottle is as follows:
K2SO4 – 29.3 grams
KNO3 – 32.6 grams
KH2PO4 – 2.9 grams
MgSO4 – 20.2 gram
One thing that seemed weird to me from beginning was the 2.9 gramms of PO4, which seems kind of low. Also, according to GLA, a daily dose of 1ml per 10 gallons should keep the level of PO4 around 1.4ppm.
I went to Rotala Butterfly and calculated following, 2.9 gramms of KH2PO4 to a 500mll then chose dose size of 7.5mll (meaning 1mll per gallon for my 75 Gallon tank) and the dose result was 0.11ppm per dose (screenshot attached). Now 0.11ppm mutiplied by 7 days = 0.77ppm total dose per week and this doesn't account for PO4 consumption during this time.
So I don't understand how is the PPS PRO recipe supposed to maintain the PO4 levels at 1.4ppm???
Am I not understanding something or the recipe is not correct?
I have recently started dosing my aquarium according to PPS PRO mix on daily schedule.
The recipe on GLA website per 500mll bottle is as follows:
K2SO4 – 29.3 grams
KNO3 – 32.6 grams
KH2PO4 – 2.9 grams
MgSO4 – 20.2 gram
One thing that seemed weird to me from beginning was the 2.9 gramms of PO4, which seems kind of low. Also, according to GLA, a daily dose of 1ml per 10 gallons should keep the level of PO4 around 1.4ppm.
I went to Rotala Butterfly and calculated following, 2.9 gramms of KH2PO4 to a 500mll then chose dose size of 7.5mll (meaning 1mll per gallon for my 75 Gallon tank) and the dose result was 0.11ppm per dose (screenshot attached). Now 0.11ppm mutiplied by 7 days = 0.77ppm total dose per week and this doesn't account for PO4 consumption during this time.
So I don't understand how is the PPS PRO recipe supposed to maintain the PO4 levels at 1.4ppm???
Am I not understanding something or the recipe is not correct?
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