NO3 48 ppm & NH3 0.80 down to 0!

[xiongsy]

I did a test to see how effective carbon dosing was using basic distilled vinegar 5%. Before dosing a 5 gallon HD bucket with 14 lbs LR by randomly dumping an unknown amount of vinegar into it, the test came out with the following results:

March 8th:
NH3 - 0.80 via RedbSea Marine Care Kit
NO3 - 48 ppm via Hannah

Today, March 10th
Both are zero. Both tested with RedSea. NO3 doesn't even have the slightest pink in it.

Is it possible for carbon dosing to be that effective?

 

[Dan_P]

I did a test to see how effective carbon dosing was using basic distilled vinegar 5%. Before dosing a 5 gallon HD bucket with 14 lbs LR by randomly dumping an unknown amount of vinegar into it, the test came out with the following results:

March 8th:
NH3 - 0.80 via RedbSea Marine Care Kit
NO3 - 48 ppm via Hannah

Today, March 10th
Both are zero. Both tested with RedSea. NO3 doesn't even have the slightest pink in it.

Is it possible for carbon dosing to be that effective?

Hard to say what happened in an experiment like this.

 

[taricha]

dumping an unknown amount of vinegar into it

Hard to say what happened in an experiment like this.

The possibilities are endless!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Just curious, why would you dump in an unknown amount?

 

[SpyC]

Just curious, why would you dump in an unknown amount?

Because science

 

[xiongsy]

Just curious, why would you dump in an unknown amount?

It's LR sitting around in the tub and I wanted to see what would happen to the ammonia and nitrate. No other reason. Glad I did it because now I wonder if products like Prime are actually needed.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Because science

Mystery Science Theater 3000. lol

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It's LR sitting around in the tub and I wanted to see what would happen to the ammonia and nitrate. No other reason. Glad I did it because now I wonder if products like Prime are actually needed.

Prime likely does nothing useful for ammonia or nitrite or nitrate.

Adding vinegar certainly will use up N as you get a bacterial bloom.

 

[xiongsy]

Prime likely does nothing useful for ammonia or nitrite or nitrate.

Adding vinegar certainly will use up N as you get a bacterial bloom.

So Prime is just a gimmick product?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

So Prime is just a gimmick product?

I expect it does a fine job on chlorine, and nothing for nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia.

This has more on ammonia:

Prime Does Not Remove Ammonia

Last August we discussed data that cast doubt on the ability of Prime to remove ammonia from artificial seawater. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/does-prime-actually-detoxify-free-ammonia-nh3.849985/ Since then, I continued the search for evidence that Prime removed ammonia from artificial...

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[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Here's my analysis to suggest it is not doing anything for nitrate:

Reefers may over-rely on personal experience to accept or reject truth

Really? You didn't know from somewhere that corals need light? calcium? Alkalinity? sources of nutrients? It may sound ridiculous, but some of those were hard won bits of information determined by the failures of early reefers. I'm sorry. You are correct. I was looking beyond the basics when...

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