Well I'm thinking about jumping on the nitrate dosing train. In my 30 gallon frag tank I've been pretty steady at 0.5ppm NO3. Would love to get nitrates up to 2-5ppm. A couple of quick questions...
1. Are there any special precautions I need to take when handling sodium nitrate?
2. Can anyone recommend a source for food/lab grade NaNO3?
I got this recipe from another thread from RHF:
Dissolve 10g in 1L of RODI water. 1mL of this solution will raise NO3 by 0.8ppm/2gallons.
Now I am not currently testing for PO4. I'm using Aquaforest Probiotic Reef Salt but I'm not adding a carbon source so I kind of doubt I would run into PO4 depletion in this scenario...
1. Are there any special precautions I need to take when handling sodium nitrate?
2. Can anyone recommend a source for food/lab grade NaNO3?
I got this recipe from another thread from RHF:
Dissolve 10g in 1L of RODI water. 1mL of this solution will raise NO3 by 0.8ppm/2gallons.
Now I am not currently testing for PO4. I'm using Aquaforest Probiotic Reef Salt but I'm not adding a carbon source so I kind of doubt I would run into PO4 depletion in this scenario...