I'm not as quick to fix anything because of #'s, preferring to use my eyes first and #'s to support. I have dosed KNO3 in the past on a previous tank and it's a judgment call if it did anything at all. I'm also not sold on low nutrients (or 100% dry rock) = dinos. There are way too many variables to go into that assumption. However, I just don't know what will happen. Much of what my tank is doing is somewhat opposite of what I thought it would do. Hang on tight!
Gotcha. If you are feeding heavily with low nutrient readings and showing no signs of algae, the true question is "whats consuming the nutrients?" And from my research and understanding dinos can arise from a combination of low nutrients, low biodiversity, sudden change to parameters (water and lighting), etc. Dinos are in every reef tank but are dormant until the conditions are optimal for them to compete with other microflora. From my personal experience, I believe I got dinos when my NO3/PO4 bottomed out for a good period of them in combination with setting up a new light. I'm not saying you're going to get dinos but just be aware of the ULN as most coral and normal microflora (beneficial bacteria) use NO3/PO4 for metabolic activity. Just my 2 cents.
After looking at the ingredients and chemical structures, I do not believe it interferes with the nutrients (graduating with a Biology degree in less than a month). I did see some people say they had difficulty with nitrate test readings but that could have just been anecdotal. Yet again there is always the possibility that unnamed ingredients can cause such issues. That's all I got lol
Yup that's all I can ever find haha it's interesting though if my nitrates bounce back this week I may just have to prove this theory hah
Yep, that's what makes this interesting. I don't know where this is all going. I definitely have color on my rocks (the good kind), corals consume it as well. If you read from the beginning you'll know that I didn't start the usual way of X item in a bottle as well. I also very carefully ramped up (still am) my lighting. Everything was as methodical as possible based on my experiences. My rocks, who were previously live but dead for 6 years was also cooked beforehand separately. Why my tank is like this could be any of this and then some.
I got to zero NO3 before my Prazi dosing. I went from ~20 ish to zero thanks to too large of water changes, I think.
I agree there shouldn't be any true correlation but I'm not an expert.
Thank you buddy!
Thank you very much and I completely agree!
That's actually exactly how my tank sits too.
