Best additives for raising nitrates?

[thatindonesianreefer]

I’ve had my nitrates stuck at around 1-2.5 ppm (i want it at 10ppm) and don’t know how to raise it without raising phosphates. I heard that nyos made a product for this (nitrate plus). Does anyone have experince with this product?
Thanks
Test kit : Salifert

 

[gbroadbridge]

I’ve had my nitrates stuck at around 1-2.5 ppm (i want it at 10ppm) and don’t know how to raise it without raising phosphates. I heard that nyos made a product for this (nitrate plus). Does anyone have experince with this product?
Thanks
Test kit : Salifert

You can make a simple DIY additive using either Calcium Nitrate or Sodium Nitrate.

I purchase them from Ebay or Amazon.
You want food grade

I'm not sure of availability in Indonesia.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Thanks!

 

[VintageReefer]

I used neonitrate and it worked perfect

 

[RickvDam]

I use Nyos Phosphate+ and Nitrate+ and I love it.

 

[exnisstech]

I use food grade Sodium nitrate when needed. That said is there a reason you want to target 10 ppm? I've read that as long as NO3 is detectable it's OK. Nothing wrong with 10 pom I just don't see a reason to dose to get that unless coral are telling you they want more. I have a tank that runs NO3 barely detectable and another 10-25 ppm and both are doing well.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Dosing ammonium bicarbonate can be a good plan.

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...

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[thatindonesianreefer]

Thanks for the reply guys!