Do you use the Hanna Ammonia checker? What #s of Ammonia are you getting???
I don’t test for it as it’s such a low dose.. I just watch my nitrates and adjust accordingly myself.
Pretty bold statement to say it will kill your sps.. I’ve ran my tank from zero and now I’m close to .2 and sps have never looked better! How high is too high? I don’t think anyone has an exact answer.
Every tank is different. My sps start to suffer around .2. I wouldn't go any higher. I keep mine around .08
from what i heard, is higher phosp like .2, and above, it wont kill the sps, but it will slow or cease growth outright. which is a negative effect no one wants. but to kill them, i imagine it would have to be astronomically high. like 2.0. not 0.2.
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Have you heard anything about people dosing Ammonium Bicarbonate & have Neptune Trident issues after stating to dose it? Since I started dosing around 2 weeks now my Trident #s been tanking. I thought I was using more Alk Cal & Mag so I increased my dosages but the #s kept dropping. I calibrated the Trident, numbers shot up, but now doing the same & I know these #s just aren't correct..any thoughts????????? Could the Ammonium Bicarbonate be affecting test results??Just beware that Tims ammonia (ammonium chloride I believe) will deplete alkalinity and is not intended for regular dosing so may not have the desired purity for ongoing use (don't know since there's no purity data provided on it that I have seen). I think food grade ammonium bicarbonate is a better best for most folks:
DIY Ammonia dosing for low nitrate systems
Some reef aquaria have chronic low nitrogen availability. One indicator is very low nitrate. Nitrate dosing is a fine remedy, but it is possible that ammonia dosing may be more beneficial for some organisms since ammonia can be energetically easier to assimilate than is nitrate. For this...
