Fertiliser Help

[satty]

Hi people,
I have a 68 gallon planted tank and i plan to dose the Nutrients as according to the Estimative index,and i went thro the nest but found it too confusing abut the correct dosage(i.e in terms of teaspoons) for my tank,any of youll having a tank of this gallon and fertilising it with your own macrs and micros help me out with the dosage calculation,thanx
Cheers

[AFTICA]

Kinda helps to know what fertilizers your using...

Step one - download the dosing and CO2 calculator from Chuck Gadd...

http://www.csd.net/%7Ecgadd/aqua/art_plant_aquacalc.htm

Myself I dose to these levels... (Using the calculator!)

Nitrates 10-20ppm
Phosphates 1.0-2.0 ppm
Iron 0.1-1.0 ppm
Potassium 10-20 ppm

For trace mix I use either Seachem Flourish OR Tropica Master Grow.
For Iron I use Seachem Flourish - Iron
For Nitrates I use KNO3
For Potassium I use K2SO4
For Phosphates I use Fleet Enema (1 cc per 1 ppm)

Remember KNO3 will also doses some potassium so remember to calculate that into the calculator as well!

I run a 77 gallon with about 210 watts of PC compact fluorescent lighting - heavily planted.

[imatrout]

Yes, Chuck Gadd's calculator is very good. I also use the Fertilator over at APC (Aquatica Plant Central)

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/fertilator.php

Check it out. You can use teaspoons for every Macro.