Hi All,
I've been dosing Nopox for months now -- it must be at least 3 -- and am still trying to dial in my dosage. I have been going REALLY slow so as not to run into any of the typical issues folks can run into when carbon dosing. Things were going well and I was beginning to see a reduction in nitrates about a month ago, and then I overdosed aminos and gave myself a nice green cyano bloom all over the sand -- I had to cut the nopox way back b/c once that happened it was just fueling the cyano. Got the cyano under control after a couple water changes and a good sand vac + no more aminos and a big reduction in nopox dosing, then began increasing the nopox dose again.
So all that is to say, I feel like I've started over again b/c of the cyano debacle. As of now I'm at 3ml daily in my 20g and am only seeing that dose essentially act as a maintenance dose. So my Q to all of you who carbon dose and use nopox is, do you find it's common to go over the recommended dose? Should I expect to just keep doing small increases until I see the reduction, and then once I get to where I want drop it back to establish a maintenance dose?
I've been dosing Nopox for months now -- it must be at least 3 -- and am still trying to dial in my dosage. I have been going REALLY slow so as not to run into any of the typical issues folks can run into when carbon dosing. Things were going well and I was beginning to see a reduction in nitrates about a month ago, and then I overdosed aminos and gave myself a nice green cyano bloom all over the sand -- I had to cut the nopox way back b/c once that happened it was just fueling the cyano. Got the cyano under control after a couple water changes and a good sand vac + no more aminos and a big reduction in nopox dosing, then began increasing the nopox dose again.
So all that is to say, I feel like I've started over again b/c of the cyano debacle. As of now I'm at 3ml daily in my 20g and am only seeing that dose essentially act as a maintenance dose. So my Q to all of you who carbon dose and use nopox is, do you find it's common to go over the recommended dose? Should I expect to just keep doing small increases until I see the reduction, and then once I get to where I want drop it back to establish a maintenance dose?