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I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.
Are you increasing your nopox dosing on a weekly basis? 3.6 ml is very low. You start low to establish the good bacteria and not let the cyano take hold. There is a nopox dosing schedule somewhere. You should be increasing a few ML every few days until you see the nitrates start to break.

Also..what are your phosphates at? You need both for it to work
 

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I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.
It's not an end all, be all. My guess is your export methods just aren't keeping up. Chaeto would work better.
 

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I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.
Are your phosphates detectable by any chance?
 

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If you trust your test, move to 5ml per day.
Make sure your skimmer is pulling stuff out.
Not sure what number you have now and what the rises look like,
 
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Are you increasing your nopox dosing on a weekly basis? 3.6 ml is very low. You start low to establish the good bacteria and not let the cyano take hold. There is a nopox dosing schedule somewhere. You should be increasing a few ML every few days until you see the nitrates start to break.

Also..what are your phosphates at? You need both for it to work
I'm confused with phosphates. Atm last test was .1
 

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