Raise NO3 with sodium nitrate

[mattfish]

Hope you can help , i purchased some sodium nitrate from LoudWolf , it comes in two 4 ounce bottles with no instructions , i called them to no avail , --
I have 120 gal volume , current NO3 is 5ppm and want to raise to 15ppm no3. I tried to use the calculator that Randy Holmes recommended , buy frankly it didnt make sense to me. Can you tell me in kitchen terms how much power to use per gallon per day diluted . i generaly use teaspoons ,i dont think most people use gram spoons, but if there is a better way to measure it i am all ears.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hope you can help , i purchased some sodium nitrate from LoudWolf , it comes in two 4 ounce bottles with no instructions , i called them to no avail , --
I have 120 gal volume , current NO3 is 5ppm and want to raise to 15ppm no3. I tried to use the calculator that Randy Holmes recommended , buy frankly it didnt make sense to me. Can you tell me in kitchen terms how much power to use per gallon per day diluted . i generaly use teaspoons ,i dont think most people use gram spoons, but if there is a better way to measure it i am all ears.

Instructions from them? Maybe for sausage making. They are not an aquarium related company.

This calculator includes teaspoons and tablespoons. Use the entry for potassium nitrate and use 15% less than it says:

James' Planted Tank - Dosing Calculator

 

[blitzkragz]

I went by the calculator Randy recommends as well for the LoudWolf sodium nitrate.

I wanted to figure out how many grams I needed to add to 100ml of rodi water so that 10ml of that solution would raise nitrates by 1ppm in my 400gal system. I entered 400 for "Tank Volume", 100 for "Amount of water to mix with", 10 for "Each xx ml".

Then I played with "Amount to add" until the solution came to .85ppm (.85 instead of 1 to account for the 15% less randy mentioned). Which for me came to 21 grams. I used this cheap scale to weigh it.

 

[mattfish]

Instructions from them? Maybe for sausage making. They are not an aquarium related company.

This calculator includes teaspoons and tablespoons. Use the entry for potassium nitrate and use 15% less than it says:

James' Planted Tank - Dosing Calculator

Yea , they told me they use it for Beef Jerky , Thanks Randy , had trouble with the calculator first , went back to it and figured it out .