B-Ionic® Nitrate

[PeaBrain]

Hello All - does anyone have experience using ESV B-ionic Nitrate, or have a take on its effectiveness? I just found it on https://www.esvaquarium.com. My 90 gallon nitrate level is constantly near zero, and I wonder if my corals might benefit from this.

Thanks!

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

I’ve been using it for roughly 5 months. Positive results and dosing recommendations are accurate to ppm results.

I also have a 90 gallon that was barely reading .25ppm. Decided to use this and have been able to maintain nitrates at 5 with ease. Corals look the same with slight coloration change (for the better as my home wrecker is not developing pink tips).

Use with confidence

 

[cshouston]

No on B-Ionic, but anecdotally, I know someone who has used Brightwell NeoNitro with good result. Alternatively, you could just up your fish feeding regimen.

 

[PeaBrain]

Thanks. So about the overfeeding fish idea... will doing that be the same as dosing NO3? I guess I wonder if overfeeding would lead to building phosphates. I might be way off here in my thinking though.

 

[cshouston]

Thanks. So about the overfeeding fish idea... will doing that be the same as dosing NO3? I guess I wonder if overfeeding would lead to building phosphates. I might be way off here in my thinking though.

You want the phosphate as well, in balance. As long as the food is quality and marine-based, it shouldn’t have excessive phosphates.