Nutrient Imbalance

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Sodium Nitrate Dosing

I have been looking around to see the best guide to dosing sodium nitrates. I have a Waterbox Infinia 150.4 tank. I estimate there is about 145 gallons of water. I am going to start dosing Sodium Nitrate but am confused on how to mix and how to dose... How much Sodium nitrate do mix with one...

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[FrugalReeferJon]

Just feed more, like 3-4 times a day more.

 

[Maho.B]

What negative result? Sodium nitrate will be similar but cheaper and possibly purer.

When I dosed Neo Nitrate awhile back I experienced a heavy, weird brown algae bloom. To be fair I don't know for sure if it was due to dosing Neo but it was the only thing I was doing differently at the time.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

When I dosed Neo Nitrate awhile back I experienced a heavy, weird brown algae bloom. To be fair I don't know for sure if it was due to dosing Neo but it was the only thing I was doing differently at the time.

I don't know either, but dosing any type of nitrate is unlikely to be different if it did.

 

[Maho.B]

I don't know either, but dosing any type of nitrate is unlikely to be different if it did.

I took the advice of using ammonium bicarbonate to get my Nitrates up (they bottomed out to zero) and started dosing 10ml per day. I am doing this at the rate of 5ml in the morning and 5ml in the evening. I started on Wednesday so I have dosed that amount for 3 full days as of yesterday. This morning the Nitrate reading was 0.5 so it is in fact successfully adding Nitrate to the system. There have been no negative effects that I can tell. My question is, should I be testing for ammonia as well to ensure it doesn't get to high? I haven't had an ammonia test kit for quite some time. By the way my system has a total volume of 110 gallons. Thanks.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

My question is, should I be testing for ammonia as well to ensure it doesn't get to high? I haven't had an ammonia test kit for quite some time. By the way my system has a total volume of 110 gallons. Thanks.

There's no need to test for ammonia. I understand it is scary, but its like adding a new fish. No one would test then, so no need to do so here either.

Ammonia is Our Friend!

Ammonia is Our Friend By Randy Holmes-Farley Yes, I know the title is provocative, and likely goes against much of what you read and hear in the reef aquarium hobby. I believe, however, that the hobby may have been harmed by the continual...

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[Maho.B]

Thank you, just wanted to be sure! Much appreciated.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You're welcome.

Happy Reefing