Knock wood, not yet. I plan to stay on top of my GFO, to keep it fresh. Hope to take advantage of the club deal on GFO and ROX! Also planning on supplementing my CUC.
Hey castaway,
@Mark75 ,
Funny, i was searching for a related Subjekt and saw this conversation.
Well, I need to check with
@Randy Holmes-Farley .
My experience with potassium Nitrate is that it likeky causes enhanced Alge growth if potassium Level in the tank exceeds 410-430 ppm already. I used to dose VSV to maintain at least no3 not less than 0.25
But sometimes it drops to zero and results in pale corals within a few days. In that case I bandaid with the stomp remover to keep it up for a few days. Since I maintain potassium around 420, I'm at the border where the high potassium definitely causes algae even with very very low phosphates.
My theory is that the potassium nitrate dosing increases further not just nitrates, as well increases potassium, ready to take for algae and corals. So in my case the stomp remover bumps my system into high potassium levels, when I use it, causing algae.
I'm almost sure about this fact, since my potassium raises while not dosing potassium as an element at the moment, but I do dose the stomp remover again.
The awesome effect in castaways case I think is the fact that a lil bit of nitrates is necessary for the corals and as well he doses by default potassium, which is greatly color enhancing and in most tanks in the lower limits anyways if not dosed as an element separately.
Would like to hear
@Randy Holmes-Farley on this matter, since I'm not a chemist.
