Nopox doing nothing

PeterEde · Sep 17, 2022

I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.

BroccoliFarmer · Sep 17, 2022

PeterEde said:
I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.

Are you increasing your nopox dosing on a weekly basis? 3.6 ml is very low. You start low to establish the good bacteria and not let the cyano take hold. There is a nopox dosing schedule somewhere. You should be increasing a few ML every few days until you see the nitrates start to break.

Also..what are your phosphates at? You need both for it to work

Jekyl · Sep 17, 2022

PeterEde said:
I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.

It's not an end all, be all. My guess is your export methods just aren't keeping up. Chaeto would work better.

sixty_reefer · Sep 17, 2022

PeterEde said:
I've been dosing nopox for months and still struggling with no3.
120 liter est Inc sump. Dosing 3.6ml per day. Still no3 rises.

Are your phosphates detectable by any chance?

Uncle99 · Sep 17, 2022

If you trust your test, move to 5ml per day.
Make sure your skimmer is pulling stuff out.
Not sure what number you have now and what the rises look like,

PeterEde · Sep 17, 2022

BroccoliFarmer said:
Are you increasing your nopox dosing on a weekly basis? 3.6 ml is very low. You start low to establish the good bacteria and not let the cyano take hold. There is a nopox dosing schedule somewhere. You should be increasing a few ML every few days until you see the nitrates start to break.

Also..what are your phosphates at? You need both for it to work

I'm confused with phosphates. Atm last test was .1

PeterEde · Sep 17, 2022

Jekyl said:
It's not an end all, be all. My guess is your export methods just aren't keeping up. Chaeto would work better.

Running skimmer and fleece mat.
Reduced feeding

PeterEde · Sep 17, 2022

sixty_reefer said:
Are your phosphates detectable by any chance?

.1ppm last test

PeterEde · Sep 17, 2022

Uncle99 said:
If you trust your test, move to 5ml per day.
Make sure your skimmer is pulling stuff out.
Not sure what number you have now and what the rises look like,

Down to 30 ppm after dropping from 60 via 20 liter wc over the week.
Skimmer appears to be doing its thing.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 18, 2022

30 ppm nitrate and 0.1 ppm phosphate is not a big problem, but dosing more NOPOX seems like a fine plan to me to keep it down or take it a bit lower.

Uncle99 · Sep 18, 2022

PeterEde said:
Down to 30 ppm after dropping from 60 via 20 liter wc over the week.
Skimmer appears to be doing its thing.

It took about 6 months to go from 50 to 10ppm for me.

PeterEde · Sep 25, 2022

So 5ml wont harm anything?
My BTA just up and died in a few days without warning. Literally. Fine one day dead the next.
ALL other parameters are fine.