Hanna Test Results

[MACHO]

Yeah... that table cleared everything up. I was just having trouble with the zeros and decimal points but now that I know what my checkers read out as I'm good. My NO3 was very high until I started using NoPox. Now they are in a good place. Unfortunately they haven't done anything for my PO4. I started using Rowaphos again as it did work for me in the past in conjunction with Phosphate-E. My PO4 was so high the checker could not give me a read out. Phosphate-E brought it down after about a month of dosing and then Rowaphos brought me down the rest of the way. I thought NoPox would lower and maintain both but that's not the case. At least for now. I just hate that I have to use so much Rowaphos to make a dent and it gets exhausted weekly. Hopefully it comes down to where I can just change it monthly like ive read others do.

It might be more cost beneficial to get a biopellet reactor instead of nopox

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thanks so much for helping me... So my NO3 is 8.7 and I need to drop it to 1.0 - 1.5. My PO4 is 0.33 and I need to drop it to 0.03 - 0.10 ?

Why would you want to drop nitrate from 8 to 1-1.5?

IMO, that's a step backwards. IMO, 2-10 ppm is generally fine.

 

[Coolcasino]

Why would you want to drop nitrate from 8 to 1-1.5?

IMO, that's a step backwards. IMO, 2-10 ppm is generally fine.

Yes. That's where my confusion was with the decimals and checkers. Now that I know I can keep the nitrates where they are. Kinda started because I saw you recommended keeping it 2-10 and saw others post with decimals and others without it so I thought they were different.

 

[Coolcasino]

It might be more cost beneficial to get a biopellet reactor instead of nopox

Will the biopellet reactor control both po3 and no4? Just asking cause I don't have the space to have both gfo and biopellet. I can change the gfo to biopellet. It's just a cheap BRS reactor.

 

[MACHO]

Will the biopellet reactor control both po3 and no4? Just asking cause I don't have the space to have both gfo and biopellet. I can change the gfo to biopellet. It's just a cheap BRS reactor.

long term biopellets

 

[Coolcasino]

Once I have the PO4 under control I will give the biopellets a shot. That way NO3 & PO4 can creep up a bit until the biopellets have time to start doing their thing.