Potassium nitrate (Spectracide stump remover) dosing steps

[Russ265]

I need to read this because right now I cannot keep SPS corals. I wish one day to have a very large tabling paradise!

what are your usual water parameters?
tank size?
flow?
model of lighting?

that will give us ALL the tools to chime in.

might i suggest a separate thread?

 

[twilliard]

what are your usual water parameters?
tank size?
flow?
model of lighting?

that will give us ALL the tools to chime in.

might i suggest a separate thread?

Thank you Russ I want to keep this on subject

 

[zemuss]

Got a couple of questions 16:1 is the ratio used for no3 to po4. So if I have a No3 reading of 2ppm - 5ppm I am well above the 16:1 ratio if my po4 is .02 to .08 correct?

I understand feeding will raise both NO3 and PO4.

My current po4 readings are .04 to.08 with red sea.
I don't know my no3 readings yet but would bet they are 2ppm.

So just talking our loud here.

This is also a reason for a RTN to occur or a coral to go from a green to a brown to a dead skeleton?

I have a Skimmer, ATS, Mangroves and run GFO. What else would you suggest or what should I remove or run less?

I am very curious to try this out.

60 gallon cub with roughly an 90 gallons of volume.

 

[twilliard]

Got a couple of questions 16:1 is the ratio used for no3 to po4. So if I have a No3 reading of 2ppm - 5ppm I am well above the 16:1 ratio if my po4 is .02 to .08 correct?

I understand feeding will raise both NO3 and PO4.

My current po4 readings are .04 to.08 with red sea.
I don't know my no3 readings yet but would bet they are 2ppm.

So just talking our loud here.

This is also a reason for a RTN to occur or a coral to go from a green to a brown to a dead skeleton?

I have a Skimmer, ATS, Mangroves and run GFO. What else would you suggest or what should I remove or run less?

I am very curious to try this out.

60 gallon cub with roughly an 90 gallons of volume.

@Russ265 has A thread that will explain a lot of that.

 

[Russ265]

Got a couple of questions 16:1 is the ratio used for no3 to po4. So if I have a No3 reading of 2ppm - 5ppm I am well above the 16:1 ratio if my po4 is .02 to .08 correct?

I understand feeding will raise both NO3 and PO4.

My current po4 readings are .04 to.08 with red sea.
I don't know my no3 readings yet but would bet they are 2ppm.

So just talking our loud here.

This is also a reason for a RTN to occur or a coral to go from a green to a brown to a dead skeleton?

I have a Skimmer, ATS, Mangroves and run GFO. What else would you suggest or what should I remove or run less?

I am very curious to try this out.

60 gallon cub with roughly an 90 gallons of volume.

ime feeding raises phosphates more than nitrates.
if you have a low nutrient system and your alk is above 9. that has caused my birdsnest to rtn repeatedly within a week. i killed them all day long doing so.

make your own thread and let others chime in. please answer the basic questions i originally asked. (including nitrate) without this, i would not consider sps.
my writeup is for a very small percentage of aquarists and may not apply to you.

 

[twilliard]

ime feeding raises phosphates more than nitrates.
if you have a low nutrient system and your alk is above 9. that has caused my birdsnest to rtn repeatedly within a week. i killed them all day long doing so.

make your own thread and let others chime in. please answer the basic questions i originally asked. (including nitrate) without this, i would not consider sps.
my writeup is for a very small percentage of aquarists and may not apply to you.

Thank you Russ!

 

[smh254]

Another big thank you to Russ265. I took your advice about two months ago and started dosing nitrates to my tank. I keep my nitrates at 4ppm now. I'm trying to get my phosphates up now and I'm not sure how to do that. I hope once I do get my phosphates up I will have even better results than I've had with the nitrate. Here are some before and after shots. Russ265 thanks again

 

[Russ265]

Another big thank you to Russ265. I took your advice about two months ago and started dosing nitrates to my tank. I keep my nitrates at 4ppm now. I'm trying to get my phosphates up now and I'm not sure how to do that. I hope once I do get my phosphates up I will have even better results than I've had with the nitrate. Here are some before and after shots. Russ265 thanks again

holy heck!
another satisfied customer!

can i use your photos in my writeup?

you can use seachem flourish PHOSPHATE to up po4. i do not recommend this! better po4 stays untraceable unless you see stuff paling

 

[smh254]

The photos are yours. I went back and look at the post from a couple months ago and another big thanks to twilliard. You recommended flourish nitrogen and that's what I'm using. This is why the site is so good because of guys like you.

 

[john.m.cole3]

Awesome results right there! I'm going to go take some before pics tonight.

 

[smh254]

Here is my goal. I would like to get this guy back to his original color. I'm very happy with the results so far just work progress.

 

[Russ265]

Here is my goal. I would like to get this guy back to his original color. I'm very happy with the results so far just work progress.

stick with it and be patient. you have some really great results and im glad it is working for you.

 

[zemuss]

Thank you Russ I want to keep this on subject

No problem Twilliard, but I did keep it on topic and isn't asking question about what your solving keeping it on topic?

Your talking about feeding Nitrates and that is my problem, too much po4 and not enough nitrates.

 

[twilliard]

No problem Twilliard, but I did keep it on topic and isn't asking question about what your solving keeping it on topic?

Your talking about feeding Nitrates and that is my problem, too much po4 and not enough nitrates.

Ya if you dose your no3 you may see a decrease in po4.
In my tank I manage the po4 by the macros and how much I feed.
If you can get your no3 up to about 2 to 3ppm you will start to see change

 

[twilliard]

The photos are yours. I went back and look at the post from a couple months ago and another big thanks to twilliard. You recommended flourish nitrogen and that's what I'm using. This is why the site is so good because of guys like you.

Thank you!
I switched to potassium nitrate solely due to cost

 

[Russ265]

Thank you!
I switched to potassium nitrate solely due to cost

but its so convenient to hook up to the doser

im kidding and will follow along

 

[zemuss]

Sweet. Twilliard thanks for the recommendation. I started my own thread as well. Hoping to get some updates for you guys along the way.

I will list the macros I have on that thread..

 

[smh254]

Thank you!
I switched to potassium nitrate solely due to cost

Yes I was thinking the same thing. What do you recommend that stump remover from Lowe's.

 

[twilliard]

Yes I was thinking the same thing. What do you recommend that stump remover from Lowe's.

Yes if they have that bottle there.
There are other stump remover brands but not 100% potassium nitrate.
Also watch all your paperwork and logs. If you spill this on them it eats a hole through your paperwork.
Learned that one the hard way

 

[smh254]

Yeah I went to Home Depot and they had a different kind of stump remover than what you all have shown. I'm either going to go to Lowe's and get the right 1 or order it online.THANKS