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I dose potassium nitrate as well. Dosing nitrate is common for may SPS keepers, since we generally try to make our systems very nutrient efficient. More than often it leads to very low nitrate. I actually also occasionally need to dose dose phosphate.
I dose potassium nitrate because it is consumed a lot. Many bacteria consume large amounts of potassium and subsequely get removed by the skimmer, exporting potassium with them. Potassium is one of the rate limiting elements for bacterial growth.
Although I dont carbon dose, have about 50 ppm potassium consumption per week and need to dose potassium chloride.
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