Quick question. I will soon start dosing sodium nitrate and trisodium phosphate. After mixing the compounds with RO/DI water, how long can they be kept stored? Also, how much will you rise NO3 and PO4 per day?
Sodium Nitrate solution stability
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Assuming algae doesn't grow in it, they will last forever.
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I would add something like a few ppm nitrate a day and see what happens.
If phosphate is undetectable, something like 0.03 ppm per day for a while.
If phosphate is undetectable, something like 0.03 ppm per day for a while.
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how much sodium nitrate and RODI did you mix together? and how much did you start dosing? I am about to start dosing this week after a Dino treatment and trying to find more direction on dosing sodium nitrate.
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You can use this calculator and the entry for potassium nitrate,a nd then use about 85% of the calcualtedf amount since sodium nitrate is a bit more potent.
