Id like to know what you guys use to nudge around the balance of nitrate and phosphate when they start to get out of desired bands?
What food additives to you use to bring phosphate up without increasing nitrate as much?
I have found that to be decent at moving phosphate up as well as reef roids. In a pinch Tri Sodium Phosphate. As a regular food Herbivore Frenzy food also kicks up phosphate pretty high (to the point that its actually a problem for daily feeding.
When you need to go the other way what do you use to bring nitrate up without spiking phosphate?
I usually like to feed with benepets for this but also I've been using a direct addition of sodium nitrate. Feeding mysis shrimp seems to keep phosphate down as well. I used to have pretty good luck with futility frenzy food it seemed to keep phosphates quite reasonable as well.
What food additives to you use to bring phosphate up without increasing nitrate as much?
I have found that to be decent at moving phosphate up as well as reef roids. In a pinch Tri Sodium Phosphate. As a regular food Herbivore Frenzy food also kicks up phosphate pretty high (to the point that its actually a problem for daily feeding.
When you need to go the other way what do you use to bring nitrate up without spiking phosphate?
I usually like to feed with benepets for this but also I've been using a direct addition of sodium nitrate. Feeding mysis shrimp seems to keep phosphate down as well. I used to have pretty good luck with futility frenzy food it seemed to keep phosphates quite reasonable as well.
