ryeguyy84
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
My ATI lab results are in and it confirmed what I thought was going on with my tank. It's starved on nutrients. I've never been able to get nitrates to a detectable level regardless of the test kit (Red Sea, Nyos, one more I can't remember) so the lab results show .06ppm nitrate. I'd like to get that up to at least 2ppm so i've been looking at sodium Nitrate since feeding excessively isn't doing anything.
my question is how much do I dose? it looks like it comes in a powder so is there a formula to mix up and dose? i'm also going to start dosing Flourish by seachem to get my phosphates up since they show 0ppm on both hanna and the lab test.
I used this test kit, surprisingly quick turn around:
https://clearchoiceaquatics.com/collections/testing-supplies/products/ati-icp-oes-water-analysis
My ATI lab results are in and it confirmed what I thought was going on with my tank. It's starved on nutrients. I've never been able to get nitrates to a detectable level regardless of the test kit (Red Sea, Nyos, one more I can't remember) so the lab results show .06ppm nitrate. I'd like to get that up to at least 2ppm so i've been looking at sodium Nitrate since feeding excessively isn't doing anything.
my question is how much do I dose? it looks like it comes in a powder so is there a formula to mix up and dose? i'm also going to start dosing Flourish by seachem to get my phosphates up since they show 0ppm on both hanna and the lab test.
I used this test kit, surprisingly quick turn around:
https://clearchoiceaquatics.com/collections/testing-supplies/products/ati-icp-oes-water-analysis
