Dosing ratio of 8

• pH:
• Temp:
• KH:
• GH:
• NH4:
• NO2:
• NO3: 5
• PO4: 1.25
• Iron:
• Dosing: 5 mL Flourish, 0.25 ppm iron chelate, 25 mL Excel, 10 ppm NO3, 1.4 ppm PO4
• NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio: 25:3.2 = 7.8

Notes:
I want to keep the ratio of nitrates to phosphates dosing around 8 this week (usually around 9-10) to see if that encourages larger leaf growth. This means more phosphates, and dosing it to levels of greater than 2 ppm.

There's been slightly more pearling so far this week than last week, though not as much as I've had in the past. The increased pearling seems to be due to either increased calcium and/or increased iron. My guess is that the pearling is due to the iron.

The algae levels have decreased even more this week, so far. The hairgrass is almost completely clean, something which I've never been able to do without the Excel.