Testing a planted tank shouldn't mean juggling timers with wet hands.
Reagents keep developing while you are still adding the next one, so you end up watching three timers with wet hands. Afterwards you re-derive doses in a spreadsheet, chase a single nitrate number, and guess at potassium you cannot reliably test. Two weeks later, you are not sure last time's dose moved anything at all.
Ilaequor closes that loop. It runs the timers, models where the tank really sits, and turns each session into your next set of doses.
How Ilaequor works
Set the tank up once. After that, every two-week session follows the same four steps.
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Set up your tank
Enter your net volume, your RO (reverse osmosis) water-change schedule, and the fertilizer stocks you dose. You do this once.
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Run the session
At the tank, tap a test to start its countdown. Run several at once, in any order; the app follows your pace, not a fixed sequence.
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Enter each reading
As each test develops, type the value. Ilaequor shows it in context: above or below target, better or worse than last session, and a rough ETA to target.
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Get your next doses
Review the tank's modeled state and its ratios, elemental N:K (nitrogen to potassium) and the NO3:PO4 Redfield band (nitrate to phosphate), then accept or reject the next-period dose recommendations in grams and millilitres.
What you get
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One-handed session timers.
A two-week test run stops being a two-hands-and-a-kitchen-timer job. Start a test, let it count down, keep working.
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Ratios, not single readings.
It tracks elemental N:K and the NO3:PO4 Redfield band against their target ranges, so you manage the balance the method actually cares about, not one nitrate number in isolation.
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A logbook that replaces the spreadsheet.
Every session is saved, with history and trends you can scan across weeks.
Common questions
Do I have to switch fertilizers to use Ilaequor?
No. Ilaequor works from the fertilizers you already dose. You enter each stock once, the fertilizer, the grams, and the volume of water you dissolved it in, and the app does the dosing math from your tank volume. There is nothing new to buy and no product line to switch to.
Which dosing methods does it support?
The engine is method-agnostic. It tracks levels, ratios, and doses for any fertilizer routine, whether you follow EI (Estimative Index), PPS-Pro, lean dosing, or the GEN ratio method. GEN's N:K and Redfield targets are built in, and you can set your own target ranges for every element.
Will the results of the tests be stored?
Yes, we will include a log functionality, so you can see how the situation evolves in time.
Which platforms will it be available on?
First we will develop the web application, running only in browsers. But in the future we will create dedicated Android and iOS applications.
Will it be free?
The pricing is not set yet, but we are planning to offer a free plan.
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