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Directions for Use
Shake well before use. Use 10ml for every 10 gallons. For easy dosing, use the top of the screw cap. Fill to the inner ring for 5ml and to the top of the cap for 10ml.
Note: Dose rate can be doubled per week for additional nitrate control. Depending on the starting concentration of nitrate in the aquarium, it can take a few weeks to reach desired levels. Once achieved, levels will remain low.
Principle Ingredients: Patented Suspended Biodegradable Polymers.
General Information
Nitrate is the end product of the natural nitrogen cycle and may also be found in tap water. It is recommended to keep low nitrate levels for healthy aquarium conditions.
Instant Ocean's patented formula promotes the natural denitrification process of converting nitrate into nitrogen gas. This advanced bio-chemistry is found in nature and helps maintain healthy aquarium conditions.
Benefits
•Simple to use. No complicated reactors or replacing resins.
•Reduces unwanted nutrients.
•Naturally increases buffering capacity.
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It’s hard to not be skeptical of aquarium products and additives that seem to contain more sci-fi techno-babble than actual substance. We were pleasantly surprised when we poured out a goop of Instant Ocean’s Natural Nitrate Reducer and it was easy to see the patented Biopolymer particles. As a recap, the Natural Nitrate Reducer contains a substance which is purported to be a substrate/food source for the bacteria which are enlisted to do the heavy lifting of munching up nasty NO3 molecules down to N2 gas where they can quietly fizz out of your tank. Aside from poking at the substance with a stick and making jokes about what other substances the goop resembles, we haven’t quite yet moved beyond the testing stages of how effective the new Instant Ocean product will perform. As soon as this post is fired off we’ll walk over to our skimmerless 110 gallon fish tank that is ruled by a Clarion Angel with an iron fin, test the nitrates and begin the evaluation of how much nitrate this natural reducer can chew through. No doubt this stuff works but if it can’t consume at least half of the nitrate being produced by a lightly stocked fish aquarium then it may be better off sticking with good ole fashioned water changes. We’ve passed several bottles of the Natural Nitrate Reducer around for testing on a range of tanks and we’ll let you know what our vicarious reefing crew has to say about the new nutrient management product from Instant Ocean.