Hello all,
My Nitrates have been at zero for some months now, with PO4 reading 0.02ppm - 0.04ppm. I had a huge problem with GHA, but thanks to Vibrant that has cleared up. I'm still dosing Vibrant weekly at this stage (still have some tougher turf algae) and my tests are still showing NO3 zero & PO4 0.02ppm.
I'd like to get my Nitrates up to around 3ppm. Some of my corals have lost colour but other than that seem fine. Not that I have a lot It's only a new tank (5 months old).
Tank is around 725 litres or 191 gallons total water volume including sump and allowing for rock/sand displacement (using the online calculator).
A fellow reefer gave me 100 grams of Potassium Nitrate to try. I dissolved this into 1 litre of water (that's about a quart in imperial terms).
I'm not sure how much of this I should be dosing. The guy I got the chemical from said he was dosing 2ml into his 800 lt tank, so I've been doing the same for the past week. My Nitrates still test zero however, whether I test the next day or a few hours after dosing. Using Salifert btw. However my corals have definitely coloured up some, in particular the heliofungia and a plate coral. So I'm not sure whether to just keep up with the 2ml or increase it. Does that seem enough? Also, is there a preferable time of day/night to dose Nitrate? I'm just dosing by hand.
Thanks for assistance
Michael
My Nitrates have been at zero for some months now, with PO4 reading 0.02ppm - 0.04ppm. I had a huge problem with GHA, but thanks to Vibrant that has cleared up. I'm still dosing Vibrant weekly at this stage (still have some tougher turf algae) and my tests are still showing NO3 zero & PO4 0.02ppm.
I'd like to get my Nitrates up to around 3ppm. Some of my corals have lost colour but other than that seem fine. Not that I have a lot It's only a new tank (5 months old).
Tank is around 725 litres or 191 gallons total water volume including sump and allowing for rock/sand displacement (using the online calculator).
A fellow reefer gave me 100 grams of Potassium Nitrate to try. I dissolved this into 1 litre of water (that's about a quart in imperial terms).
I'm not sure how much of this I should be dosing. The guy I got the chemical from said he was dosing 2ml into his 800 lt tank, so I've been doing the same for the past week. My Nitrates still test zero however, whether I test the next day or a few hours after dosing. Using Salifert btw. However my corals have definitely coloured up some, in particular the heliofungia and a plate coral. So I'm not sure whether to just keep up with the 2ml or increase it. Does that seem enough? Also, is there a preferable time of day/night to dose Nitrate? I'm just dosing by hand.
Thanks for assistance
Michael