Potassium nitrate (Spectracide stump remover) dosing steps

[twilliard]

Oh man watch out! The love this stuff!

 

[TheEngineer]

Challenge accepted! :D

 

[twilliard]

This started as 6 polyps in march

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

This started as 6 polyps in march

Very nice. :)

 

[twilliard]

Very nice. :)

Thank you Randy that means a lot to me :-)

 

[Ellery]

OK to summarize once more:

Recipe:
1 cup RODI + 1 Tbsp Potassium Nitrate

Targets:
NO3 = 2-5 ppm
PO4 = 0.02 ppm

 

[CoralClark]

I wanna give this a try! I'm having same issues (pale sps) and feed the crap out of tank with no results! Should I stop dosing my kz products and coral frenzy when i start dosing the potassium nitrate?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I wanna give this a try! I'm having same issues (pale sps) and feed the crap out of tank with no results! Should I stop dosing my kz products and coral frenzy when i start dosing the potassium nitrate?

I wouldn't change anything else if you want to understand the effect of the nitrate alone. :)

 

[Diesel]

I wouldn't change anything else if you want to understand the effect of the nitrate alone. :)

^^^ as @Randy Holmes-Farley said, no change.
Pale or pastel is common on SPS with the use of KZ or the zeovit sytem.
Do you do the full system as in running a reactor too?
You might back off a bit on your zeostart as that is removing your N03.
Do you use the zeosnow and/or the zeozyme too?
All these remove No3 and Po4.
Running any other reactors or a fuge?

 

[TheEngineer]

Challenge accepted! :D

For reference, I started dosing and am tracking my progress in my tank thread here

 

[CoralClark]

^^^ as @Randy Holmes-Farley said, no change.
Pale or pastel is common on SPS with the use of KZ or the zeovit sytem.
Do you do the full system as in running a reactor too?
You might back off a bit on your zeostart as that is removing your N03.
Do you use the zeosnow and/or the zeozyme too?
All these remove No3 and Po4.
Running any other reactors or a fuge?

Not I'm not running full blown zeo . I use coral vitalizer, amino acids, sponge power, and phols extra. And I use coral frenzy couple times a week.Other than that I use over sized skimmer and gfo/carbon reactor.

 

[tikireefer]

I have a new tank that is 8 months old. I am finding that the SPS have virtually no growth and lack vivid color. After testing I have found my NO3 to be 0 and PO4 to be 0. I feed heavy and I am battling cyano right now. Any chance this method of dosing Spectracide Stump Remover will help my tank? Will dosing this help control the cyano or make it worse?

 

[kschweer]

Interesting stuff guys. Thanks for the info. I don't know what it is but something about "stump remover" in my reef scares the heck out of me. Does anyone have any info on this product? A friend of mine doses this with great results. I'm in the process of doing so my self. I'm assuming it's just about the same stuff.

http://greenleafaquariums.com/aquarium-fertilizers-supplements/potassium-nitrate.html

 

[TheEngineer]

It gave me a bit of a diatom bloom, but I assume it will subside in a day or two.

 

[TheEngineer]

Interesting stuff guys. Thanks for the info. I don't know what it is but something about "stump remover" in my reef scares the heck out of me. Does anyone have any info on this product? A friend of mine doses this with great results. I'm in the process of doing so my self. I'm assuming it's just about the same stuff.

http://greenleafaquariums.com/aquarium-fertilizers-supplements/potassium-nitrate.html

99.5% potassium nitrate = Spectracide Stump Remover

 

[Jonathan Presseau]

I began this dosing program on Monday in my Zoa garden where both Nitrates and Phosphates have been 0 forever. It is a 20 gallon total system and chaeto grows in the fuge.

I found that 1 ml increased nitrates by 2 ppm in 3 hours. I dosed another 1 ml before bed in Monday. My guess is nitrate would have read 4 ppm if I tested during the night.

After work Tuesday nitrates read 1 ppm. My assumption is 3 ppm of nitrates were consumed in the 24 hour period (1.5 ml of solution). I did a water change and then I dosed 2 ml of solution.

After work Wednesday nitrates read 0.5 ppm. I dosed 2 ml at 6 pm and tested 6 hours later. At that point nitrates read 2 ppm. I then dosed 3 ml before bed.

Today I suspect to go home and nitrates to read 1-2 ppm.

I am finding in my system that nitrates may be consumed faster than in the OP. He has an 80 gallon system and doses 10 ml a day. I have a feeling that I will need about 5 ml daily in my 20 gallon.

Will continue to report. I am excited by this.

 

[twilliard]

No3 will fluctuate and I dose 2.5ml a day now.
Reach the target, test daily and from there you will know your average uptake.
Thanks guys!
I will put up a picture of my tank

 

[twilliard]

 

[Jonathan Presseau]

Wow from 10 to 2.5? For how long were you at 10?

 

[RIReefer]

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