No more stumps!!
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Mark,
Are you doing this to compensate for your fish loss? If so, I'd probably wait and see how the corals respond. If they're already a bit pale then go ahead but proceed with caution as my experience dosing nitrate caused cyano to blossom (coincidence maybe?).
Are you doing this to compensate for your fish loss? If so, I'd probably wait and see how the corals respond. If they're already a bit pale then go ahead but proceed with caution as my experience dosing nitrate caused cyano to blossom (coincidence maybe?).
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Mark75
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Thanks Rob!
Dosed 7ml of "known solution" at 5:30 pm.
Tested for Nitrates at 8:00 pm and finally my tank shows nitrates at .2 ppm with Salifert test.
Dosed another 7ml of "known solution" at 8:15 pm, will retest in the morning.
Shooting for 2ppm, I will hold at 2ppm for 1 month and if results are positive (darker corals) I will increase my light output from 70% up to 80% and observe. If colors hold after par increase I will increase nitrates to 3ppm and increase light to 90% and so forth until I see negative results or I reach 4ppm nitrates and 100% light output. Easy, peazy,...whats the worst that could happen its just stump remover?
Dosed 7ml of "known solution" at 5:30 pm.
Tested for Nitrates at 8:00 pm and finally my tank shows nitrates at .2 ppm with Salifert test.
Dosed another 7ml of "known solution" at 8:15 pm, will retest in the morning.
Shooting for 2ppm, I will hold at 2ppm for 1 month and if results are positive (darker corals) I will increase my light output from 70% up to 80% and observe. If colors hold after par increase I will increase nitrates to 3ppm and increase light to 90% and so forth until I see negative results or I reach 4ppm nitrates and 100% light output. Easy, peazy,...whats the worst that could happen its just stump remover?
Steve Dillon
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Im lost what are you trying to achieve?
roadrashpaul
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Adding nitrate to help his coral color and growth. I am happy with my dosing. I am seeing increased color depth and growth but it did bring out cyano. I am targeting for around 2ppm. Had to dose about 20ml a day for the first week. After that it dropped to around 15ml a week to maintain. I have around 150 gallon water capacity.
Steve Dillon
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I dont have to worry about that.. im an overfeeder and I dont fit in here.. yall are all sps guy and girls..
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Mark75
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Yea,....me too! I really wanted to wait to add nutrients but I felt I was running out of time. My SPS are fading at an alarming rate and with out fish to feed I think this is my only option.
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Mark75
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Tested at 8:00 am, Nitrates at .1 ppm or barely detected as seen through the side (low range) on Saliferts test.
Dosed 10ml of potassium nitrate solution for a total of 24ml over 15 hours.
My tank is absorbing the nitrate as expected but will reach a saturation point, that is when it becomes difficult to predict how dosing will effect levels. The first time I test and notice my levels are not dropping I plan to drastically reduce my dosing amount.
No visual changes as of yet, unless you count my wife's frown when I squirt stump remover into the tank.
Dosed 10ml of potassium nitrate solution for a total of 24ml over 15 hours.
My tank is absorbing the nitrate as expected but will reach a saturation point, that is when it becomes difficult to predict how dosing will effect levels. The first time I test and notice my levels are not dropping I plan to drastically reduce my dosing amount.
No visual changes as of yet, unless you count my wife's frown when I squirt stump remover into the tank.
Steve Dillon
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I have a few questions.. you lost the fish due to ich? Do you have a refugium? Did you remove the micro algeas? And did you continue to feed the tank after loosing the last fish? Just things im curious about..
Steve Dillon
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Oh did you shut off the skimmer if you have one
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Mark75
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Yes, tank is fishless and fallow for 76 days because of Ich.
I am feeding the tank because of my inverts but not as much as when I had fish.
I do not have macro algae, it would never grow.
I am still running my skimmer as normal based on benefits other than lowering nitrates such as aeration and phosphate removal, and to be honest I just cant bring myself to unplug it!
I cant explain why some tanks have trouble reducing nitrates and some creating them but I fall into the later. I have tried not changing filter socks until they over-flowed, feed 3 times as much as my fish could eat, and going longer between water changes and still not get any trace of nitrates.
I am feeding the tank because of my inverts but not as much as when I had fish.
I do not have macro algae, it would never grow.
I am still running my skimmer as normal based on benefits other than lowering nitrates such as aeration and phosphate removal, and to be honest I just cant bring myself to unplug it!
I cant explain why some tanks have trouble reducing nitrates and some creating them but I fall into the later. I have tried not changing filter socks until they over-flowed, feed 3 times as much as my fish could eat, and going longer between water changes and still not get any trace of nitrates.
Steve Dillon
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How big is the tank and how deep of a sand bed? Im not tring to solve the problem just taking notes..
Rob.D
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Put it on a timer, then you don't have to physically do anything!
Steve Dillon
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I was thinking the same thing.. skimmers work best at night. Dont know why but my bio cube has nothing while the lights are on but is half full by morning. I use an api test kit and my nitrates always run around 10 ppm.. probably why I cant keep sps alive. Have a red sea master test kit coming.. I dont know what scale .1 and so forth on your test kit means. I would think that run your skimmer 1- 1.5 hours after the lights shut off and same before they come on. Might help.. what's the phosphate running normally?
Steve Dillon
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And if your skimmer is running 24/7 it might eat up the stomp remover.. ( which I would never add to my tank).. jmo
