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Get yourself a puffer fish and feed it some clams/shrimp...... nitrates will be on the rise in no-time!
Otherwise.... maybe turn off your skimmer, or set it to cycle?
If you can detect any level of N and P, then you have a surplus. Any surplus is enough. Please do not think that more nitrates will solve any problems with color, growth or stability - these issues lie somewhere else.
I've been dosing Loudwolf Sodium Nitrate (pharma quality) for about 2 years now with very good results. I've only encountered dinos once and after some testing, noticed my no3 had bottomed out and once I brought it back up, dinos were gone in a few days.I use sodium nitrate to dose nitrates. I mix my own solution.
I'm also fighting dinos. They're terrible to get rid of. Good luck.
Link to what I use:
https://www.amazon.com/Sodium-Nitra...31214&s=gateway&sprefix=sodium+nitrate&sr=8-6
That stuff shot my potassium up over 430 in less than a month with regular dosing (I keep it right at 400 to 410). Same reason I don't use stump remover. It'll also increase your Calcium levels beyond what you're doing with 2-part/kalk/reactor/whatever. Just sayin...I have tried others (stump remover, amazon ordered combination of lab grade nitrates...) and found heavy metal elevated in ICP test.
These days I am using ME nitrate. I am paying a little extra for peace of mind.
https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/me-nitrate-no3-32-oz-pharmaceutical-grade-liquid-mecoral/
I have tried others (stump remover, amazon ordered combination of lab grade nitrates...) and found heavy metal elevated in ICP test.
These days I am using ME nitrate. I am paying a little extra for peace of mind.
https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/me-nitrate-no3-32-oz-pharmaceutical-grade-liquid-mecoral/
I'm working to slowly up my No3 as well. I've been dosing the ME Corals No3 product. Its super easy and convenient.
How can you be sure the metals came from the sodium nitrate? Did you send a sample of your dosing solution only? Or was this from your tank?
ICP tests only test saltwater(both ATI and Triton). I do not have clear evidence and neither do I intent to...at the time when ICP test showed couple of heavy metals elevated, I was dosing lab grade sodium nitrate from amazon.
What I do know is the ME coral blends different compounds of nitrates so the chance of elevating a single macro or trace element is lower...hope that helps.
Sam