How to raise nitrates???

[Chicagoreef2016]

So I have a 10 month old tank, parameters below. 60 cube, mixed corals, do weekly water changes roughly 5-8% total water volume. 4 fish. My nitrates have never gone above 2.5, and most recently at 1ppm, and am thinking slightly higher would be better based on some things I have read on here. How can I raise them up without pushing my phosphates high? I just got over a GHA breakout a month ago and don't want that to come around again.

Thanks!

SAL: 1.026
Phosphate: 0 per salifert
Nitrate: 1 per salifert
Calc: 450
Alk: 8.5
Temp: 76.5

 

[bertoni]

If you want to raise the nitrate level, dosing some sodium nitrate should do the job. Amazon listed some food-grade sodium nitrate at one point, so that might be a good source. What problem are you trying to solve?

 

[mcgyvr]

1-2.5 is totally/100% fine.. Don't mess with that..

 

[Optionman]

1-2.5 is totally/100% fine.. Don't mess with that..

Agree. Stability vs chasing any numbers. If things look good don't change. My 150G is very stable, albeit at Alk 11, CA 450, nitrate near 0, but phosphate of .5 (Hanna tested 2x). I'm getting nice growth across the board and no algae problems. I know I should knock the phosphate levels WAY down but my system seems to be stable. Afraid of unintended consequences of attacking phosphate.


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[Staisman]

I would still like to know how to do so. I am currently have 0.0 NO3 adding food is just rising phosphates but not Nitrates.

 

[ClownNut]

KNO3, also known as tree stump remover

 

[themummra]

Higher nitrates will cause the zooxanthellae in the coral to grow, leading to less growth of the coral itself. If I recall what I was reading earlier in Corals correctly.

So I have a 10 month old tank, parameters below. 60 cube, mixed corals, do weekly water changes roughly 5-8% total water volume. 4 fish. My nitrates have never gone above 2.5, and most recently at 1ppm, and am thinking slightly higher would be better based on some things I have read on here. How can I raise them up without pushing my phosphates high? I just got over a GHA breakout a month ago and don't want that to come around again.

Thanks!

SAL: 1.026
Phosphate: 0 per salifert
Nitrate: 1 per salifert
Calc: 450
Alk: 8.5
Temp: 76.5

 

[tmz]

I think 1ppm to 2.5 is fine.Sodium nitrate can be used to raise it if you wish.

 

[tmz]

nitrate near 0, but phosphate of .5

A tad more nitrate might help reduce th PO4 as organisms use both .

 

[Staisman]

KNO3, also known as tree stump remover

Is this will work?
500g Refined Potassium Salt (KNO3) PURE 99.8% NPK analysis of 13-0-46

Anyone knows a dosage?

 

[DivingTheWorld]

Is this will work?
500g Refined Potassium Salt (KNO3) PURE 99.8% NPK analysis of 13-0-46

Anyone knows a dosage?

This has pretty much everything you need to know about Nitrate dosing:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2529961

 

[Staisman]

This has pretty much everything you need to know about Nitrate dosing:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2529961

Thank you Sir, exactly my problem.

 

[bertoni]

Add about 0.52 grams of sodium nitrate per 100 gallons of water to raise the nitrate level by 1.0 ppm. That's about 1 tsp per 500-1000 gallons, very roughly.

That's a rule of thumb for sodium nitrate. Potassium nitrate will be roughly similar. An extra 10% by weight would be close enough.