Which nitrate product

shrimped · Dec 3, 2019

Hello, I'm currently torn between 2 nitrate dosing products. MEcoral Advanced Grade Liquid Nitrate and Brightwell Neo-Nitro.
MEcoral nitrate has all 3 sodium, calcium, potassium nitrate and im unsure whats in neo nitro.
My nitrates are currently at 1ppm (from Red Sea Algae Control Pro Test Kit).
The tank is a 80g and its a frag tank primarily stocked with zoas, macro algae, and softies.
I fed a half cube of frozen mysis every day which brought nitrates at 5ppm and thats when the zoas started to explode in growth. I would like to achieve that number again. Which product do you guys recommend?

pdxmonkeyboy · Dec 3, 2019

This is what a lot of people use: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Spectra...2EOSoymf5Z4VZvSmorxoC8ekQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

it is potassium nitrate. No need to spend money on something that is put in a bottle with the word aquarium on it. There are formulas online that will guide you on how much to dose.

shrimped · Dec 3, 2019

pdxmonkeyboy said:
This is what a lot of people use: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Spectra...2EOSoymf5Z4VZvSmorxoC8ekQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

it is potassium nitrate. No need to spend money on something that is put in a bottle with the word aquarium on it. There are formulas online that will guide you on how much to dose.

thank you i’ll go check those threads out

ajhudson15 · Dec 3, 2019

randy holmes recommended sodium nitrate to me and its in one of his threads. its pure and contains nothing else. one bottle last a long time. its on amazon. made by loudewolf

shrimped · Dec 3, 2019

ajhudson15 said:
randy holmes recommended sodium nitrate to me and its in one of his threads. its pure and contains nothing else. one bottle last a long time. its on amazon. made by loudewolf

i’ll go check that out, thank you

Edit: This says Sodium Nitrite. is this the right one?

xabo · Dec 3, 2019

You want this: https://www.loudwolf.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=69

pdxmonkeyboy · Dec 4, 2019

I wonder what the difference between potassium nitrate (stump remover) and sodium nitrate is?

I know either one works.

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

the one xabo said is correct

shrimped · Dec 4, 2019

pdxmonkeyboy said:
I wonder what the difference between potassium nitrate (stump remover) and sodium nitrate is?

I know either one works.

i think dosing potassium nitrate will increase potassium which is good for those who are testing for potassium in their sps dominated. If your coral doesn’t use up much potassium and dosing is continued then you risk having high potassium which i think can affect coral health. i think sodium nitrate can be dosed until one reaches the desired number since sodium is just salt but idk lol.

ajhudson15 said:
the one xabo said is correct

cool i’ll buy this then. does anyone know a link for a dosing calculator for this?

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

shrimppsacc said:
i think dosing potassium nitrate will increase potassium which is good for those who are testing for potassium in their sps dominated. If your coral doesn’t use up much potassium and dosing is continued then you risk having high potassium which i think can affect coral health. i think sodium nitrate can be dosed until one reaches the desired number since sodium is just salt but idk lol.

cool i’ll buy this then. does anyone know a link for a dosing calculator for this?

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

hang on wrong one. that's the recipe for stump remover

Tuffloud1 · Dec 4, 2019

I ordered this and it seems like it will last forever.

Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) - 1lb (Jar)

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I didn’t think about the potassium becoming elevated over time though.

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

Help! Need to raise nitrates!

Ok so my nitrates are currently at 0 (because of a nitrate reducing plate) and I need to raise them up high without raising phosphate, any tips? My corals are losing some color due to zero nitrates. And all my other parameters are perfect.

www.reef2reef.com

patw seems to have a calculation for his

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

honestly ive been following randy recipe for the stump remover even tho im doing just sodium nitrate. its a little weaker but it makes over dosing not as easy. I start low and then each day add one more ml until you hit your sweet spot. youll have to check it each day to make sure it doesn't keep rising.

shrimped · Dec 4, 2019

ajhudson15 said:
honestly ive been following randy recipe for the stump remover even tho im doing just sodium nitrate. its a little weaker but it makes over dosing not as easy. I start low and then each day add one more ml until you hit your sweet spot. youll have to check it each day to make sure it doesn't keep rising.

I ordered it and i’ll follow that recipe. Thank you so much!

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

shrimppsacc said:
I ordered it and i’ll follow that recipe. Thank you so much!

anytime. I was dosing about 10 ml to keep my 75 around 12 with the skimmer running 24/7. I then added more fish and now im done to around 3 to 4 ml a day so you kinda have to pay attention to what your doing. if you start feeding more then youll need to turn it down some and vice versa.

DaneGer21 · Dec 4, 2019

I also use what xabo posted above

shrimped · Dec 4, 2019

ajhudson15 said:
anytime. I was dosing about 10 ml to keep my 75 around 12 with the skimmer running 24/7. I then added more fish and now im done to around 3 to 4 ml a day so you kinda have to pay attention to what your doing. if you start feeding more then youll need to turn it down some and vice versa.

gotcha, i can’t wait to see my zoas explode in growth again!

ajhudson15 · Dec 4, 2019

shrimppsacc said:
gotcha, i can’t wait to see my zoas explode in growth again!

I run mainly sps and fleshy lps. mine love nitrates. loudewolf also makes a phosphate to if you have trouble keeping that up. I generally run 5-10 nitrates and around 0.05 on phosphate

Silly clownfish · Dec 4, 2019

I have tried a rather direct approach to my 30g home office tank with low nitrates, which I believe is one of the causes of a dinoflagellate problem. My 75 g living room DT has had some issues with high nitrates, so I have been dong my water changes from the 75 to the 30 and 30 down the drain. After the first few WC (~5-6 gallons) the nitrates in the 30 dropped back to unmeasurable in a day or so. A larger WC seemed to do the trick for getting a baseline level of nitrates to get the 30 on track.

Just a different approach that was an interesting experiment.

Then last week I made a major dosing error in the 75, so I have a different problem to deal with there....