Plant Essential® Bio-Trace™

Iron | Manganese | Trace

Step 3 – NPKFe Enhancers™

Plant Essential® Bio-Trace™ is scientifically formulated to provide a mixture of ionic, complexed and chelated trace elements. Trace elements are required by plants to help enhance their natural colour as well as reduce chlorosis and improve growth rates. The ionic and complexed trace elements are immediately bioavailable while the chelated trace elements deliver sustained release, helping to provide a consistent supply of trace elements to plants. Additionally, once the plant uptakes the trace element from the chelate, the chelate may convert other precipitated trace elements to more bioavailable forms for the lifetime of the chelate, that is, until the chelate is broken down into nutrient sources for the plants to uptake, leaving minimal waste in your aquarium.  

Recommended concentration: 

Iron = 0.05-0.10ppm.  

Low Tech Planted = No CO2                                                                                                                              

High Tech Planted = CO2

Suitable for these Freshwater environments:

Planted

Contents:
Deionised Water, Bioavailable Trace Elements 

Instructions:  
Shaking is not required. Add directly into high water flow. For accurate dosing, the dosing formula is total volume of aquarium and external filter minus all media, rock, ornaments, etc. that occupies volume.  This product can be used on a dosing pump. 

Dosing:

100mL 

Stocked Level	Daily Dose per 20L or 5.3 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/ CO2
Lightly	4 drops	8 drops
Moderately	8 drops	16 drops
Heavily	12 drops	24 drops

 

Stocked Level	Weekly Dose per 20L or 5.3 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/CO2
Lightly	1.50mL	2.75mL
Moderately	2.75mL	5.50mL
Heavily	4.25mL	8.50mL

Or as required to maintain Iron between 0.05-0.10ppm. 1mL per 100L or 26 US gal will raise Iron by ~0.01ppm. 

Note: 20 drops = ~1mL.

250mL, 500mL and 1L 

Stocked Level	Daily Dose per 100L or 26 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/ CO2
Lightly	1.0mL	2.0mL
Moderately	2.0mL	4.0mL
Heavily	3.0mL	6.0mL

 

Stocked Level	Weekly Dose per 100L or 26 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/ CO2
Lightly	~¾ cap	~1 ½ caps
Moderately	~1 ½ caps	~3 caps
Heavily	~2 caps	~4 caps

Or as required to maintain Iron between 0.05-0.10ppm. 1mL per 100L or 26 US gal will raise Iron by ~0.01ppm.                                                                                                              Note: 1 capful = ~10mL.

5L 

Stocked Level	Daily Dose per 100L or 26 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/ CO2
Lightly	1.0mL	2.0mL
Moderately	2.0mL	4.0mL
Heavily	3.0mL	6.0mL

 

Stocked Level	Weekly Dose per 100L or 26 US gal
	w/o CO2	w/ CO2
Lightly	~⅓ cap	~¾ caps
Moderately	~¾ caps	~1 ½ caps
Heavily	~1 cap	~2 caps

Or as required to maintain Iron concentrations between 0.05-0.10ppm. 1mL per 100L or 26 US gal will raise Iron by ~0.01ppm. 

Note: 1 capful = ~20mL.

 

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