neonitro/neophos for dino

[fsas89]

Hello!

I am battling dinos atm, and I just started dosing phose/nitrate since they were at 0 (where the problem started I learned!) I finally have a reading of nitrate at either 1 or 3, colors are hard to tell haha, but phos still reading 0, so two questions. Do I need to dose MORE phos or keep adding it how its directed? ( I have macroalgae and chaeto in the tank) second, once I hit m 10 mark for nitrate, do I keep dosing? do I alternate days? or do I test until it drops and then dose again to bring it up? my aim is nitrate 10 - <15 and phos at around 0.10. I am also dosing microbacter7 and tims waste away alternating days while turning UV off, and my skimmer just isnt running at ALL at this time. thanks for any input!

 

[Spare time]

Dose phosphate til you get to your goal. Do not dose waste away or microbacter 7 until you hit your desired goal. What test kits do you use. Most phosphate tests are horrible for low range testing.

 

[fsas89]

Dose phosphate til you get to your goal. Do not dose waste away or microbacter 7 until you hit your desired goal. What test kits do you use. Most phosphate tests are horrible for low range testing.

unfortunatly I use API for phosphate, only 1 I had laying around til i can get a new one. so wait on the bacteria til I up the nutrience? Is that because the MB7 and waste away reduce the nitrate?