Parameter help

[Davesreef’s]

I’m having trouble balancing my nitrate and phosphates in my 15 gal AIO.
The parameters are as follows
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: .14
Alkalinity: 7.0
Magnesium: 1250

Anything that will help raise my nitrates without my phosphates going higher than they already are?

 

[tbrown]

You can dose Ammonium or Nitrates to help. Easy way is something like NeoNitro.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’m having trouble balancing my nitrate and phosphates in my 15 gal AIO.
The parameters are as follows
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: .14
Alkalinity: 7.0
Magnesium: 1250

Anything that will help raise my nitrates without my phosphates going higher than they already are?

I’d just feed more if I were you, but as noted above, dosing food grade sodium nitrate is easy and inexpensive, and food grade ammonium bicarbonate is another good choice. I use the latter.

 

[Davesreef’s]

You can dose Ammonium or Nitrates to help. Easy way is something like NeoNitro.

I was thinking about neonitro so thank you I’ll look more into it.

 

[Davesreef’s]

I’m having trouble balancing my nitrate and phosphates in my 15 gal AIO.
The parameters are as follows
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: .14
Alkalinity: 7.0
Magnesium: 1250

Anything that will help raise my nitrates without my phosphates going higher than they already are?

I’d just feed more if I were you, but as noted above, dosing food grade sodium nitrate is easy and inexpensive, and food grade ammonium bicarbonate is another good choice. I use the latter.

Thank you