Ammonium Chloride safe for raising NO3?

hafer12 · Jun 29, 2017

I'm looking for a controllable way to raise my nitrates in my sps tank. Met a interesting lfs owner last year when I was out of town. Ironically, at the time I was experiencing the complete opposite problem I am facing now. I had high NO3. This strange fellow was telling me about carbon dosing via vodka to strip my nitrates from the tank. He proceeded to tell me about his "love potion" which is Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl) to add nitrates back to the aquarium . I purchased a bottle from him, went home and read up on carbon dosing. Blah Blah Blah
Today, in my sps dominate tank, I am Experiencing no detectable NO3 level. My corals are not coloring. They are growing great, just losing color. Is NH4Cl a good way to add Nitrates? I still have this full bottle of "love potion"! Ive been trying with fuel and oyster feast...

parameters
salinity 1.025
alk 7.8 dkh
cal 440 ppm
mag 1340 ppm
PO4 .02 ppm
NO3 00 ppm
Tank is 13 months old

Thanks in advance!

reefer4816 · Jun 29, 2017

I would use potassium nitrate if I were you. Aka stump remover. U can get it at Home Depot. Spectracide stump remover. All it is, is pure potassium nitrate

hafer12 · Jun 30, 2017

reefer4816 said:
I would use potassium nitrate if I were you. Aka stump remover. U can get it at Home Depot. Spectracide stump remover. All it is, is pure potassium nitrate

Do you have the specs on dosing this?

blkhwkz · Jun 30, 2017

hafer12 said:
Do you have the specs on dosing this?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/q...ide-stump-remover-dosing.213281/#post-2443440

hafer12 · Jun 30, 2017

blkhwkz said:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/q...ide-stump-remover-dosing.213281/#post-2443440

Thank you!

beaslbob · Jun 30, 2017

reefer4816 said:
I would use potassium nitrate if I were you. Aka stump remover. U can get it at Home Depot. Spectracide stump remover. All it is, is pure potassium nitrate

Another good option available at feed and seed stores, green houses and the like is calcium nitrate.