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I believe bacteria is important to coral (more carbon = more bacteria, at least in my head).Why do you think organic carbon is important to a coral?
For me it’s the opposite I can’t get me po4 to rise I have been dosing neophos and it won’t budge
You're paying for a product that's mostly water (not saying dilution is a bad thing, it would've prevented my mistake, but I digress for the purpose of this response). As I stated somewhere else (don't remember where), I diluted 2oz of Loudwolf Sodium Phosphate Monobasic in 1 gallon of RODI, dosed about 2oz of the diluted solution to my sump after testing phosphate at .01/.02 and my levels went up to 4.0+ after that 2oz dose (my system is advertised at 43 gal total volume). I made the mistake of thinking it would dilute to a similar potency as their Sodium Nitrate but I was wrong lol. I only resorted to dosing after excessive feeding (pellets heavy plus flake at least 2x/hour, usually more for 9 hours of the day. Only thing that went up was no3 (my tank used to produce plenty of po4 without overfeeding but that changed over the years).For me it’s the opposite I can’t get me po4 to rise I have been dosing neophos and it won’t budge
I'm not really seeing any direct explanation for the issues you report. I really do not believe that raising nitrate to 1 ppm is likely to directly cause coral problems.
Assuming it is not just coincidence, I think a more likely explanation is that you indirectly allowed some organism or many organisms to grow faster, consuming and using up something else important, such as a trace element like manganese.
i would say yes but im no expert thats what am doing now and slowly getting no3 up but still no po4 . am going really slow though i have a little bit of a alga issue but i beleave its from bottoming out my po4 and no3I can’t get detectable NO3 or PO4. Personally thought I was being smart, and was advised, to just add more fish and feed more......still zero. Should I start dosing both?
I did 10% weekly but I think I was doing more harm then good now I only do them every 2 to 3 weeks and I only run my skimmer for 6 hours 3 times a week until I just every thing stabilizedAre you dosing both? Yeah I’m dealing with dinos now. Hoping dosing will help. So many opinions and info....always hard to figure out what to do. I would also. Ever think to reduce water changes. I do 10% every week. Not gonna lie, it would be nice to not mess with it, but just doesn’t make since to me.
Reduce light cycle on fugeDoes anyone have experience dosing nitrates? Both nitrates and phosphates have been nearly undetectable in my system for some time on salifert tests. Things seem ok but colors for some of the corals are definitely a little muted. Rather than experiment with taking out the fuge or turning off the skimmer, I’ve heard it may be better to add nitrates. Basically the idea is heavy nutrient import along with heavy export. Any ideas?
I can’t get detectable NO3 or PO4. Personally thought I was being smart, and was advised, to just add more fish and feed more......still zero. Should I start dosing both?
im in the same boat my thinking on vibrant is i dont think i would ever use it. there is a reason why your alga and stuff is there i would figure it out the naturAL WAY and why your tank is doing it i think additves like vibrant is a mask for the problemNever been any detectable NO3 or PO4.....using Red Sea for NO3 and Salifert for PO4. I added more fish and fed more and still 0s. I started developing dinos a month or so ago, and now it appears that in addition to the dinos, I have reddish brown turf algae growing. what the heck? My current plan is to start doing NO3 with ESV Nitrate and also Vibrant. What do y’all think?
Glad to hear you were able to win the battle.. been battling with this for close to a year now, but see the light at the end of the tunnel. Curious, when you dosed nitrates, did you turn off your skimmer at all? Thanks for your time. Cheers!Just 2 cent's I dose ATI nitrate's and it brought them up to a good range. My Phosphates ate good. Just got through dealing with Dino's because of nitrate's at 0. Now Dino's are about gone.
Glad to hear you were able to win the battle.. been battling with this for close to a year now, but see the light at the end of the tunnel. Curious, when you dosed nitrates, did you turn off your skimmer at all? Thanks for your time. Cheers!Just 2 cent's I dose ATI nitrate's and it brought them up to a good range. My Phosphates ate good. Just got through dealing with Dino's because of nitrate's at 0. Now Dino's are about gone.
No I didn't turn anything offGlad to hear you were able to win the battle.. been battling with this for close to a year now, but see the light at the end of the tunnel. Curious, when you dosed nitrates, did you turn off your skimmer at all? Thanks for your time. Cheers!