Zero Nitrates = Pastel Acros (dosing nitrates)
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solitude127
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Ever since I started dosing KNO3, I've gotten better colors and my cyano is more isolated as opposed to on everything. Downfall is that I have to scrape my glass more often and my skimmer stinks even more.
Which KNO3 are you going to dose?
SchnitzelReef
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Yep me too. Color and growth have taken off. All my SPS look better, Across the board. If i had an acro that looked good, it now looks great. I had acros I thought I was gunna take out, no color and no growth, now are starting to really improve.
Glass cleaning is the same for me. Def seems like cyano isn't growing like it used to.
solitude127
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Disclaimer.... I'm definitely not saying that this is the "Magic" potion for SPS coloration and growth but it's helped my corals in my tank and every tank is different.
DivingTheWorld
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This is really a great thread! I've been battling light colors in my sps for more than a year. I've run very low nutrients (0.2 or lower Nitrate, with 0.03 or lower Phosphate). I definitely saw better colors when I started feeding (Reefroids & Reef Chili) and dosing Acropower but my nutrients remained low.
I saw a little more improvement when a month ago I started dosing Potassium Nitrate. I've since been keeping my Nitrate around 5ppm.
Yesterday I stopped dosing Acropower and started dosing Pohls Xtra Special and Coral Vitalizer. I'm hoping this is the last piece of my color puzzle!
I saw a little more improvement when a month ago I started dosing Potassium Nitrate. I've since been keeping my Nitrate around 5ppm.
Yesterday I stopped dosing Acropower and started dosing Pohls Xtra Special and Coral Vitalizer. I'm hoping this is the last piece of my color puzzle!
calistyle
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I use Triton and my issue was po4 rising and no3 sitting null. I've added pax arid reactor and got the kno3 that you linked to Mike.
I did 1 tablespoon in just over 4 cups of water and added 50ml last night.
Going to test after work and see if I have any detectable before deciding on a daily dosing amount. If so, prob. start with 5-10ml daily.
I did 1 tablespoon in just over 4 cups of water and added 50ml last night.
Going to test after work and see if I have any detectable before deciding on a daily dosing amount. If so, prob. start with 5-10ml daily.
solitude127
Proud user of IO Salt!
I dose 1/4 tsp a week and my twv is about 140g
Please can you explain me why you replece acropower by cv and xtra phol's? I have all this products and don't know wha I must used.
Thanks
DivingTheWorld
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It's my understanding that Acropower and Pohl's Xtra both contain Aminos. So I think you either dose one or the other. If you dose too much Aminos it can cause outbrakes of cyano or other issues.
SchnitzelReef
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DivingTheWorld
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Did you use one, then the other, or did you dose them at the same time? If at the same time, did you do a lesser dose (say 1/2 suggested dose?)?
ReefTron5000
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I'm about to start dosing nitrate and I wanted to make sure I had the right stuff. Are we 100% sure that the Spectracide Stump Remover from Home Depot is okay to use? I called Armstrong Nursery and they have a product that is apparently just KNO3 powder. I'm wondering if that would be better to use? Just a little hesitant but I definitely need to try increasing my nitrates as increased feedings alone aren't working. I'm barely at .2 on the Salifert.
pandimus
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MichaelDavid
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Ive been reading alot about people dosing potassium nitrate or calcium bitrate to add no3's into there system. Mine has been undetectable no matter how much i feed etc. it only raises po4's. Im going to try a experiment on raising my no3's without dosing nitrates.
My boss had an idea of maybe adding some bio balls to see that it will naturally build up no3's.
Today i tested nitrates and its still 0 ( api and salifert)
I then added 8 golfball sized bio balls into my filtration and will record weekly if i get any increase in no3's. Today is day 1. 0
Who knows, maybe it'll work to keep my nitrates to where i want them depending on the number of bio balls i run.
Experiment in progress. I'll see how things are in a week from now.
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My boss had an idea of maybe adding some bio balls to see that it will naturally build up no3's.
Today i tested nitrates and its still 0 ( api and salifert)
I then added 8 golfball sized bio balls into my filtration and will record weekly if i get any increase in no3's. Today is day 1. 0
Who knows, maybe it'll work to keep my nitrates to where i want them depending on the number of bio balls i run.
Experiment in progress. I'll see how things are in a week from now.
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SchnitzelReef
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Not a bad idea. Only problem is being able to control the amount of nitrates they produce. When you manually dose nitrates, you have the control. If they go up a bit too high, stop dosing and problem solved. Having to remove or add bio balls could be annoying, vs just pouring in a little powder from time to time.
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Following this formula I've made a batch of Nitrate in RO/DI water, dosed 23 to 25ml into my 29g Biocube -- I meant to dose 15ml but I realized after pouring it in that my pipette was accidentally too full on the last pull..
Seeing as I've been reading zero nitrates for months, i'm going to guess it shouldn't be too abrupt on my system!
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