Azno3
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Sounds good to me. Gotta keep it bumped up on the list.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10941196#post10941196 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jdieck
Well Marc, did you expected we would just be sitting down in your living room in silence waiting for your nitrates to go down? We got to do something .... Why not just chat?
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Carlo
Well Marc, did you expected we would just be sitting down in your living room in silence waiting for your nitrates to go down? We got to do something .... Why not just chat?
I'm suprised jd he has not been here every day. We allknow how Marc likes to bump up his post count Maybe he was told to slow down or he would be banned :lol:
I'm suprised jd he has not been here every day. We allknow how Marc likes to bump up his post count
Maybe he was told to slow down or he would be banned :lol:
jdieck
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10942670#post10942670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Boomer
We allknow how Marc likes to bump up his post count
Yeap! In order to catch up with his posting rate I would have to post 174 times every day for the next three months!
Marc.... Get a life! :lol:
Billybeau1
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Just don't be surprised if they don't.
delphinus
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Everytime I see Marc's post count I have to shake my head. Geez man. I'm happy I broke 4 digits. Or have I? I dunno, guess I'll find out after I post this message. 
Anyhow, it's sort of interesting to see your results with the AZ-NO3 product. By coincidence, I've been running a sugar dosing experiment on my ritteri cube (I don't really have easy access to AZ-NO3, and I wasn't really into mail-ordering some just for the one thing). Anyhow, to my surprise I've been noticing about the same about of decrease in nitrates per day. I have the Pinpoint nitrate monitor for just the reason of being able to track subtle changes (I find the colour comparison against a chart method tends to not help you with trending like that).
I wish I could say I could see a similar reduction in phosphates but I have a defective Hanna photometer (I'm now realizing - all this time I thought I was checking my PO4 religiously and it turns out I've been following some fictionalized numbers.
Too bad, that thing cost a fortune- I'm hoping I can get it sent in for warrantee service - we'll see what they say). I don't know if I feel like springing for a D-D test kit - I mean, I thought I already heavily invested in the testing of phosphate, I don't want to double my investment for a non-increase in return. Oh well.
Anyhow, it's sort of interesting to see your results with the AZ-NO3 product. By coincidence, I've been running a sugar dosing experiment on my ritteri cube (I don't really have easy access to AZ-NO3, and I wasn't really into mail-ordering some just for the one thing). Anyhow, to my surprise I've been noticing about the same about of decrease in nitrates per day. I have the Pinpoint nitrate monitor for just the reason of being able to track subtle changes (I find the colour comparison against a chart method tends to not help you with trending like that).
I wish I could say I could see a similar reduction in phosphates but I have a defective Hanna photometer (I'm now realizing - all this time I thought I was checking my PO4 religiously and it turns out I've been following some fictionalized numbers.
Too bad, that thing cost a fortune- I'm hoping I can get it sent in for warrantee service - we'll see what they say). I don't know if I feel like springing for a D-D test kit - I mean, I thought I already heavily invested in the testing of phosphate, I don't want to double my investment for a non-increase in return. Oh well.
delphinus
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Pretty much every time I use it, unless I get lazy (but then I don't know how much to trust the result - it will be close, but probably not bang on). It's not too bad though, it takes about 30 seconds to calibrate, and since a test kit usually takes a few minutes, it's in the same ballpark.
It seems to sometimes take a long time to settle on a reading. I'll notice it settle on a number, like say, 13ppm, and I'll think "Oh ok, 13ppm, I'll write that down in my log." Then as soon as I have, it drops to 12 or goes up to 14. I don't know if you need to do this, but I swirl the test vial, probe and all, to try to get to settle down quicker.
One thing I've found, it has two ranges, 0 to 10, and 10 to 100, you have to calibrate for each range, and if you have nitrates right around the 10.0 mark it's a little awkward. Ie., it will read over-range if you have it in the low range setting, and read under-range if you have it in the high range setting. That might be a function of using old calibration fluids though - I'm not sure.
Otherwise though, I must say it sure beats trying to decide if fuscia is a hue of pink, and stuff like wondering if the tank halides are throwing off my perception of a colour, or the darkness of the colour, and so on. I don't really like colour comparison tests at all - if you could get a nitrate or phosphate test kit that was a titration based kit - ie., count the number of drops until you see a colour *change* - I'd be all over those, there's just something a little less subjective about volumetric versus colour comparing.
It seems to sometimes take a long time to settle on a reading. I'll notice it settle on a number, like say, 13ppm, and I'll think "Oh ok, 13ppm, I'll write that down in my log." Then as soon as I have, it drops to 12 or goes up to 14. I don't know if you need to do this, but I swirl the test vial, probe and all, to try to get to settle down quicker.
One thing I've found, it has two ranges, 0 to 10, and 10 to 100, you have to calibrate for each range, and if you have nitrates right around the 10.0 mark it's a little awkward. Ie., it will read over-range if you have it in the low range setting, and read under-range if you have it in the high range setting. That might be a function of using old calibration fluids though - I'm not sure.
Otherwise though, I must say it sure beats trying to decide if fuscia is a hue of pink, and stuff like wondering if the tank halides are throwing off my perception of a colour, or the darkness of the colour, and so on. I don't really like colour comparison tests at all - if you could get a nitrate or phosphate test kit that was a titration based kit - ie., count the number of drops until you see a colour *change* - I'd be all over those, there's just something a little less subjective about volumetric versus colour comparing.
kau_cinta_ku
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well going on a month now after using AZNO3 and I haven't had nitrates reading over 5ppm ever sence. but before using it I couldn't get nitrates lower then 40-50ppm.
but Mark your gonna have to make sure I am reading my test kit correctly when you come. lol
but Mark your gonna have to make sure I am reading my test kit correctly when you come. lol
melev
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Today when I checked on the tank, it was a little milky looking. I checked the ORP, and it was around 231 (instead of 300+). One of my circulation pumps had stalled. I got it started up again, and the ORP rose to 278 and the water clarified.
Of course I couldn't leave well enough alone, and tinkered with this and that so the ORP dropped again but I think it'll rise up more.
Nitrates appear to be about the same as of last night.
Of course I couldn't leave well enough alone, and tinkered with this and that so the ORP dropped again but I think it'll rise up more.
Nitrates appear to be about the same as of last night.
melev
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Being annoyed by the lower ORP, I decided to dump in a little baked baking soda to raise the pH in the tank. Like a mad scientist would do. :lol:
pH rose to 8.2, and ORP rose up to 280 or so. Water clarity improved as well. I should have tested alk first, but with lower pH (8.09) I didn't expect it was high enough. My Calcium Reactor was just set up with fresh media 48 hours ago, and I know it isn't dialed in quite right as of today. I tend to keep it on the weak side at first, to avoid overdosing accidentally.
pH rose to 8.2, and ORP rose up to 280 or so. Water clarity improved as well. I should have tested alk first, but with lower pH (8.09) I didn't expect it was high enough. My Calcium Reactor was just set up with fresh media 48 hours ago, and I know it isn't dialed in quite right as of today. I tend to keep it on the weak side at first, to avoid overdosing accidentally.
kau_cinta_ku
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my tank also looked milky for about 4-5 days. it sucked but in the end it was well worth it. no corals or anything seemed to mind so I left it alone and let it do it's thing. but was amazzing how well an ASM skimmer can really pull the junk out when using this stuff
