It was a typo. Keep in mind that the ocean is about .05 to .1, so 10x is just 1 in our world. People keep 100 or 1000x the nitrate as nature. Also, you do know that most corals and their zoox cannot use nitrogen from nitrate and need to be getting their nitrogen from ammonia/ammonium, right? I know that this is a common message board and social media myth that somehow people are feeding their corals by dosing nitrate or keeping them higher, but it is just that. Some hosts can convert no3 for the zoox to use, but it comes at a high cost of around 30 to 60 percent. Macro algae can use no3 in that form but it can also kill them as it gets higher - most macro can also use ammonia/ammonium. You can use it to growth limit and poison dinos and some matting bacteria.
This is basic biology... all building blocks are death at high enough of levels.
I do have .1 nitrate - you need an IC test to detect it. In no ways are my corals starved for nitrogen with super heavy feedings and super heavy export.
This is basic biology... all building blocks are death at high enough of levels.
I do have .1 nitrate - you need an IC test to detect it. In no ways are my corals starved for nitrogen with super heavy feedings and super heavy export.