Phytofeast dosage?

[Mr. Ugly]

Directions on the bottle say start out with 1 drop per 10 gallons. Directions on web site say start out with 1 drop per 1 gallon.

What's the straight scoop?

thanks!

 

[jedininja]

I think it is supposed to be 1 drop per 10g since this stuff is pretty concentrated.

 

[LordHelmet]

i started 1 drop per 10 gallons then increased it after 2 weeks to what i do now. 10-15 drops a night. my water quality never took a hit and things seem to be fine. if that is wrong let me know.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

What size tank?

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hmm... Steve at New Alameda just told me that the directions on some of the bottles are incorrect, and to go by the website info. He said 2 drops per gallon for him.

 

[GreshamH]

1 drop a gallon. Only 50K bottles to go

We'll have new bottles soon. Grrrr.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Ok, thanks. And I gave away half the bottle because I thought I'd never be able to use it all before the expiration date, hehehe

 

[LordHelmet]

are you serious? 1 drop per gallon. then i have been under feeding my tank by a HUGE amount.

 

[jedininja]

As have I. No wonder it hasnt affected my parameters at all.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hehehe... guess the 50k bottles will go 10x faster now

Makes you wonder about the Kent Chromamax phyto. They say start with 1 drop per 50 gallons. :roll:

What's the story on that Kent stuff anyway? Gresham? Anybody?

thanks!

 

[capescuba]

Wow - I am underdosing too! Time for more growth then

 

[GreshamH]

Kent's phyto,zooplankton products are good.

 

[Apon]

really? 1 drop per gallon per day........under feeding as well.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Just call me "Mr. RTFM Ugly"

 

[Mr. Ugly]

So how are the tanks doing with the 1 drop per gallon dosage? Any differences?

 

[LordHelmet]

Iv'e cut back on the phyto dosage since adding 1 drop a gallon for the last few days gave me a nice cyno outbreak. so back to the few drops for my tank.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hmm... been doing 1 drop per gallon for a week now. The softies are looking happier. No cyano here. The softie tank is 80g with sump and a hecka modded SeaClone. Powerhead and Emperor 400 for extra circulation. No fuge.

Recent pic.

 

[capescuba]

Damn - thats the cleanest tank I've ever seen! Wheres the coraline?

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hehehe... yeah, the coraline is just starting to show up on the glass and rocks. Probably 70% of the rock is aragocrete, so there wasn't a lot of coraline to seed the tank.

I kinda like having the back glass clean looking, so I didn't scrape any coraline into the tank to make it spread.