Ammonium dosing

[DeepSea1]

Hello,

I have read and heard multiple people talking about ammonia dosing as a replacement for nitrate dosing.
I am curious to know; what amounts and how are you dosing?
I am looking for ways to improve the overall health, growth and colors of my corals.
Last note I have mix of SPS, LPS and a few softies.
Thank you advance for any information you all share on this topic.

 

[Spare time]

Have you thought about amino acid dosing instead?

 

[Spare time]

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...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[DeepSea1]

Have you thought about amino acid dosing instead?

I dose Red Sea AB+ every other day.

 

[DeepSea1]

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...

www.reef2reef.com

I have read this Randy mentions .1 ppm at a time is safe. I am curious to know is that the total for a day or is safe to dose say 1 ppm throughout the whole?

 

[Spare time]

In the end that and ammonium chloride and reef energy are going to do the same thing. I personally prefer recommending aminos since there is little risk to overdosing.

 

[ti_lavender]

I use ammonium bicarbonate and have been dosing for 9 months now on my QT tank (previously was just my nano). I’ve found the corals responded really well to dosing ammonia. I’m doing 4 mL on a 22 gallon tank each day. I do (4) 1 mL dose of Randy’s stock solution. I’m likely going to start dosing it on my DT as well. Just waiting on my microbiome results before making any major changes.

Start small and continue to increase frequency of doses.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I have read this Randy mentions .1 ppm at a time is safe. I am curious to know is that the total for a day or is safe to dose say 1 ppm throughout the whole?

That 0.1 ppm is single dose, not per day.

 

[Pistondog]

Hello,

I have read and heard multiple people talking about ammonia dosing as a replacement for nitrate dosing.
I am curious to know; what amounts and how are you dosing?
I am looking for ways to improve the overall health, growth and colors of my corals.
Last note I have mix of SPS, LPS and a few softies.
Thank you advance for any information you all share on this topic.

Been dosing ammonium bicarb about 0.1 ppm per day, spread over 12 doses for 6 months now. We adjust to keep the nitrate on target 5-10 ppm.

 

[DeepSea1]

That 0.1 ppm is single dose, not per day.

Randy, thank you for the clarification. How much would say is safe to dose in a day? What matrix would use to make this determination?