I've been dosing my 120 gallon with this stuff because of high nitrates with how I cycled. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have kept dosing ammonia to cycle the tank like I would a freshwater tank. Essentially I kept dosing ammonia trying to get nitrites to read 0 after 24 hours. Only after I read an article from Randy about nitrites in the marine tank did the light come on. I could have stopped dosing ammonia when ammonia spiked, and fell to 0 in a 24 hour period.
Regardless, in doing what I did, my nitrates were WAY high, like over 100ppm. I was able to tackle them hard with water changes (did 25g changes twice a week), and eventually got the nitrates down to under 40. I have since started dosing this product, and doing my normal 10gallon changes once a week.
I started out using the vinegar dosing table for 100 gallons. My total system volume is approximately 115. That was 3 weeks ago. I tested Nitrates today and it's at 0ppm!
Should I cease dosing? or start to wean down the dosing like I built up to 14ml? I have no fish in the tank, just some snails, so my nitrates were from how i cycled, not overfeeding. I was getting some hair algae (normal in a new tank from what I've read because it's just not mature enough at this time), but that is dying off. Instead of looking like blades of grass, it looks like a droopy flower stem
Regardless, in doing what I did, my nitrates were WAY high, like over 100ppm. I was able to tackle them hard with water changes (did 25g changes twice a week), and eventually got the nitrates down to under 40. I have since started dosing this product, and doing my normal 10gallon changes once a week.
I started out using the vinegar dosing table for 100 gallons. My total system volume is approximately 115. That was 3 weeks ago. I tested Nitrates today and it's at 0ppm!
Should I cease dosing? or start to wean down the dosing like I built up to 14ml? I have no fish in the tank, just some snails, so my nitrates were from how i cycled, not overfeeding. I was getting some hair algae (normal in a new tank from what I've read because it's just not mature enough at this time), but that is dying off. Instead of looking like blades of grass, it looks like a droopy flower stem