Greetings,
My 30 gallon reef is about 5 months old. I've always had undetectable nitrates via the Nyos test kit. On 6/2/21 I began dosing 4 ml NeoNitro daily, and since then my alkalinity has risen from 8.6 to 10.6. I took my doser (All For Reef) offline on 6/11/21 to take that variable out after I noticed the Alk increase. My salt mix (IO) alk measures at around 8.8 dKH. RODI water is 0 TDS via 7 stage BRS kit, assuming this is not the alk source due to the timings of neonitro and alk rise.
Also the NeoNitro has not raised my nitrates to a detectable level. For my own sanity, I placed a drop of NN into the Nyos test kit to verify that I'm not color blind. The test tube did indeed turn yellow/orange.
I searched around the forums and only found one thread hinting that NeoNitro could raise alk (https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/can-alkalinity-increase-on-it’s-own.598875/)
But that thread had no conclusion and the OP is inactive.
Other than a sump full of rock with sponges, tube worms and an emerald crab there is no mechanical filtration on this system (no skimmer, no fuge, typically no filter pads) only bi weekly 5% water changes).
Stocking list: 2 juvenile clowns, possum wrasse, 25 gallon CUC from reefcleaners.
Phosphate: 0.03
salinity 1.026ish
Questions: Has anyone else had similar experiences with NeoNitro? Should I abandon the NN, ignore my low nitrates and just increase feedings?
Thanks
My 30 gallon reef is about 5 months old. I've always had undetectable nitrates via the Nyos test kit. On 6/2/21 I began dosing 4 ml NeoNitro daily, and since then my alkalinity has risen from 8.6 to 10.6. I took my doser (All For Reef) offline on 6/11/21 to take that variable out after I noticed the Alk increase. My salt mix (IO) alk measures at around 8.8 dKH. RODI water is 0 TDS via 7 stage BRS kit, assuming this is not the alk source due to the timings of neonitro and alk rise.
Also the NeoNitro has not raised my nitrates to a detectable level. For my own sanity, I placed a drop of NN into the Nyos test kit to verify that I'm not color blind. The test tube did indeed turn yellow/orange.
I searched around the forums and only found one thread hinting that NeoNitro could raise alk (https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/can-alkalinity-increase-on-it’s-own.598875/)
But that thread had no conclusion and the OP is inactive.
Other than a sump full of rock with sponges, tube worms and an emerald crab there is no mechanical filtration on this system (no skimmer, no fuge, typically no filter pads) only bi weekly 5% water changes).
Stocking list: 2 juvenile clowns, possum wrasse, 25 gallon CUC from reefcleaners.
Phosphate: 0.03
salinity 1.026ish
Questions: Has anyone else had similar experiences with NeoNitro? Should I abandon the NN, ignore my low nitrates and just increase feedings?
Thanks