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will this actually replace both of them? the Neo Nitro and Neo Phos?
No, you need a phosphate salt, such as sodium phosphate to replace neophos.
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will this actually replace both of them? the Neo Nitro and Neo Phos?
Any links to where I can get those?No, you need a phosphate salt, such as sodium phosphate to replace neophos.
Any links to where I can get those?
Hi Doc Randy @Randy Holmes-Farley , im sorry im confused. i have a 25 gallon tank, i would like my nitrate to be at around 30-40. how do i mix it, how much do i dose daily? would appreciate your help.Brightwell gives no purity data, so I do not recommend it.
I also do not recommend potassium nitrate unless you monitor potassium to be sure it does not rise too much.
Sodium nitrate is cheap and easy to buy in high purity (Food grade or ACS reagent grade).
For example, many people use this brand:
You can follow this calculator for dosing (use the entry for nitrate from potassium nitrate) to dose a few ppm per day:
Hi Doc Randy @Randy Holmes-Farley , im sorry im confused. i have a 25 gallon tank, i would like my nitrate to be at around 30-40. how do i mix it, how much do i dose daily? would appreciate your help.
Yes I do. please!That's a pretty high target, IMO, but may be fine.
You will have to determine by trial and error how much it takes to maintain any specific target level. I'd start by dosing a few ppm a day and monitor/adjust it going forward.
Follow the directions on the James planted tank calculator web site I posted. Are you needing help with that calculator?
Yes I do. please!
now, where can i get the calculator for this? aiming for 0.6 on phosphateNo, you need a phosphate salt, such as sodium phosphate to replace neophos.
The other problem is your measurements - I would not use 'teaspoons'. I would get a scale and weight whatever you're doing in grams. For example - figure out how much potassium nitrate you need (in grams) - then weigh that much in beads. It gets rid of lots of steps.Fellow chemistry inclined reefers,
I'm currently experimenting with Aquavitro Synthesis to raise my nitrates but I believe I'm going to switch to Potassium Nitrate. Upon some research I found this equation (see pictures) to be the general rule of thumb. My problem is I have a 160g system and I DO NOT want to dose 160ml of anything to my tank! So in order to crunch the amounts, I simply divided by 4 to get a more reasonable 40ml dose. My question is, with concentrating the KNo3 itself would I have to increase the amount of RO/DI? Also If so, how much? Even if I use this equation, does it have to be daily? If anyone has a more reliable equation that I can dose possibly more spread out throughout the week, please share. Randy I would really appreciate your input and a possible solid mixing/dosing equation! I included a pic of the simple math I did to get this more concentrated equation, sorry if you can't read my hand writing.
now, where can i get the calculator for this? aiming for 0.6 on phosphate
I have this guy that I bought my corals from, his SPS growth and coloration are great, his nitrate is around 20-30, his phos at around 0.3-0.6What? Seriously? 0.6 ppm? Are you intentionally doing an experiment at phosphate levels higher than nearly anyone recommends?
It may be fine, but I sure would not target such an unnaturally high level.
The James planted tank calculator will work for this too. Phosphate values can only be roughly estimated because a lot will bind to rock and sand, especilyy at high levels.
I have this guy that I bought my corals from, his SPS growth and coloration are great, his nitrate is around 20-30, his phos at around 0.3-0.6
Got an algae scrubber hooked up in the tank.OK, some folks do have great tanks with values like that or higher, but it may also result in an algae mess unless you have enough herbivores or keep it in check some other way.
Got an algae scrubber hooked up in the tank.
@Randy Holmes-Farley also, after I do my mix, does it need to be stirred before dosing? Or I can just use a doser to dose it without having to shake it before use?
Dear Randy, I made a solution with 20g dry KNO3 (101.103g/mol) food grade. Fully mixing this, it creates a "slurry" at the bottom, and when dosed, my skimmer goes bananas. It settles after a short time and if I dose the top without any "slurry" it doesn't affect the skimmer at all. Can I filter this out in any way, without affecting the solution?Here's my standard recipe for potassium nitrate, and it can be adjusted easily up or down in concentration, as needed:
Dissolve 10 grams potassium nitrate in 1 liter of fresh water. That 10 grams contains 6.14 grams of nitrate, so that solution is 6,140 ppm nitrate.
If you add 1 ml of the solution per 2 gallons of tank water volume, that will boost nitrate by 0.8 ppm nitrate.
As a rough estimate, 10 dry mL of powder weighs about 10 g.