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Hi all,
I’m a fairly new Uk poster to the site so go easy on me
I’ve been dosing a DIY NoPox mixture of Vodka, Vinegar and RO for a fair few months now. When I started, NO3 was around 25/30ppm, PO4 0.04/0.07 and I was running a refugium. The core aim of the carbondosing, aside from other benefits, was to reduce NO3.
Between the carbon dosing and the refugium, PO4 depleted fairly quickly - so I took the refugium offline and removed the algae bed.
I had to dose a small amount of PO4 to maintain a decent level but it was a real issue at the time.
however, my NO3 has now dropped to an acceptable level between 5-10ppm but I can’t maintain any reading of PO4, it’s consistently zero on the Hanna ULR.
I have some mono-potassium phosphate, which I’ve been manually dosing to achieve a ‘desired’ level over the last week, and reduced the DIY NoPox accordingly - but still nothing!
Can’t help but think I’m getting myself in a middle now, and need to rectify before significant issues follow!
I’m not heavily stocked, so could add another small fish (reefer 170), but I would worry about that having a negative effect on the NO3?
All suggestions and recommendations are welcome!
Here’s a pic of the small money pit
I’m a fairly new Uk poster to the site so go easy on me
I’ve been dosing a DIY NoPox mixture of Vodka, Vinegar and RO for a fair few months now. When I started, NO3 was around 25/30ppm, PO4 0.04/0.07 and I was running a refugium. The core aim of the carbondosing, aside from other benefits, was to reduce NO3.
Between the carbon dosing and the refugium, PO4 depleted fairly quickly - so I took the refugium offline and removed the algae bed.
I had to dose a small amount of PO4 to maintain a decent level but it was a real issue at the time.
however, my NO3 has now dropped to an acceptable level between 5-10ppm but I can’t maintain any reading of PO4, it’s consistently zero on the Hanna ULR.
I have some mono-potassium phosphate, which I’ve been manually dosing to achieve a ‘desired’ level over the last week, and reduced the DIY NoPox accordingly - but still nothing!
Can’t help but think I’m getting myself in a middle now, and need to rectify before significant issues follow!
I’m not heavily stocked, so could add another small fish (reefer 170), but I would worry about that having a negative effect on the NO3?
All suggestions and recommendations are welcome!
Here’s a pic of the small money pit