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Not sure if I should increase the dose of my DIY NOPOX based on my NO3 tests or continue as is for now, also don't quite understand the NO3:N ratio in my N-DOC result or maybe better yet why that and the N : C : P ratio should be when it comes to the chemistry of our tanks.
210 Gallon water volume mixed reef (SPS frags, acan colonies, other LPS and zoas)
I followed the home DIY recipe for NOPOX that was on here somewhere (been a while), I don't remember exactly the ratio but it was something like 40% vinegar and 60% vodka... at the time I was reading the thread when I mixed it.
So my NO3 has been reading high. Had been over 30 on a NYOS test kit. Got it down to around 12 with water changes but can't seem to get it to budge from there (2 months). I submitted an N-DOC test to Triton and it said my NO3 was 18 and my total nitrogen was 80: https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/n-doc/3798
The N-DOC is showing an imbalance in my NCP ratio mainly just because N is so high, and the NO3:N ratio is off. Triton told me to use NOPOX to get my NO3 down first. I also already have my photoperiod on my fuge at 14 hours which is the most Triton recommends (I get this isn't a triton forum but just more info). I'm considering adding a second light. My chaeto is growing and I throw out a good chunk every 2 weeks.
My phosphorous is steady at 14, which is 0.04 PO4 (Hanna ULR and ICP gave me the same number)
But I'm dosing KH2PO4 at a rate to keep P between 11 and 16. If I don't dose it goes to 0.
I started dosing 16ml/day of DIY NOPOX 2 weeks ago and NO3 hasn't budged, I'm also dosing the maintenance dose per day of MicroBacter7 which is 5 drops per day, and feeding less. The observable difference in my tank these 2 weeks is the algae on the glass has slowed and the cyano I was experiencing is reducing. Good signs.
Should I stay the course with NOPOX or bump the dose up?
Been dosing 16ml DIY NOPOX going off the 2ml per 25 gallons. Should I bump up my dose to something like 3ml/25gal instead?
My thought is to leave it alone as I'm seeing positive signs in the tank even if the numbers on the test kit isn't coming down yet just thought I would see some movement on the test kit after 2 weeks. I got a Red Sea NO3 test kit just in case something was off with the NYOS and the RS is actually reading even higher at 32ppm but the NYOS is still showing 12. Maybe I just can't read colors though.
Any other comments about NO3:N and the N-Doc results I'm all ears too
thanks!
210 Gallon water volume mixed reef (SPS frags, acan colonies, other LPS and zoas)
I followed the home DIY recipe for NOPOX that was on here somewhere (been a while), I don't remember exactly the ratio but it was something like 40% vinegar and 60% vodka... at the time I was reading the thread when I mixed it.
So my NO3 has been reading high. Had been over 30 on a NYOS test kit. Got it down to around 12 with water changes but can't seem to get it to budge from there (2 months). I submitted an N-DOC test to Triton and it said my NO3 was 18 and my total nitrogen was 80: https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/n-doc/3798
The N-DOC is showing an imbalance in my NCP ratio mainly just because N is so high, and the NO3:N ratio is off. Triton told me to use NOPOX to get my NO3 down first. I also already have my photoperiod on my fuge at 14 hours which is the most Triton recommends (I get this isn't a triton forum but just more info). I'm considering adding a second light. My chaeto is growing and I throw out a good chunk every 2 weeks.
My phosphorous is steady at 14, which is 0.04 PO4 (Hanna ULR and ICP gave me the same number)
But I'm dosing KH2PO4 at a rate to keep P between 11 and 16. If I don't dose it goes to 0.
I started dosing 16ml/day of DIY NOPOX 2 weeks ago and NO3 hasn't budged, I'm also dosing the maintenance dose per day of MicroBacter7 which is 5 drops per day, and feeding less. The observable difference in my tank these 2 weeks is the algae on the glass has slowed and the cyano I was experiencing is reducing. Good signs.
Should I stay the course with NOPOX or bump the dose up?
Been dosing 16ml DIY NOPOX going off the 2ml per 25 gallons. Should I bump up my dose to something like 3ml/25gal instead?
My thought is to leave it alone as I'm seeing positive signs in the tank even if the numbers on the test kit isn't coming down yet just thought I would see some movement on the test kit after 2 weeks. I got a Red Sea NO3 test kit just in case something was off with the NYOS and the RS is actually reading even higher at 32ppm but the NYOS is still showing 12. Maybe I just can't read colors though.
Any other comments about NO3:N and the N-Doc results I'm all ears too
thanks!
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