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Unread 11/06/2015, 10:50 AM   #101
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I'm following this. I had 0.15 po4 and 0 no3. Started dosing no3 and in 4 days, and po4 is down to 0.06 and nitrates up to 0.2ppm. I didn't take pictures before and after but I am seeing growth on corals that haven't been growing for months. Corals are also coloring up. It could be due to lower po4 or higher no3 but something has def changed


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Unread 11/09/2015, 01:53 PM   #102
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Do you mind posting who you bought it from on Ebay. I cant find it there. I want to get the same brand you bought. I suspect I'm having the same exact problem you did


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Unread 11/09/2015, 02:01 PM   #103
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Do you mind posting who you bought it from on Ebay. I cant find it there. I want to get the same brand you bought. I suspect I'm having the same exact problem you did
Here's where I got mine
http://nilocg.com/dry-fertilizer/individual-fertilizer/


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Unread 11/10/2015, 03:01 PM   #104
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Do you mind posting who you bought it from on Ebay. I cant find it there. I want to get the same brand you bought. I suspect I'm having the same exact problem you did

Had someone else ask the same question, and I can't find the same product I bought. It's pretty common stuff. It was just easier for me ordering it from eBay. Any place that sells potassium nitrate will work. And you don't need a whole lot of it. A little bit goes a long way


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Unread 11/11/2015, 05:24 AM   #105
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Unread 11/11/2015, 05:42 AM   #106
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This stump remover is found at Lowes. Mix 2 tablespoons with 2 cups of rodi water. In my tank there is 100 gallons. I dosed 10 ml . and raised nitrate from zero to 1 ppm with one dose.


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Unread 11/11/2015, 07:01 AM   #107
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Had someone else ask the same question, and I can't find the same product I bought. It's pretty common stuff. It was just easier for me ordering it from eBay. Any place that sells potassium nitrate will work. And you don't need a whole lot of it. A little bit goes a long way

Thanks! I ordered it from the company directly on their site using paypal. They responded and shipped with in hours of the order. Total came out to $9 with shipping.


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Unread 11/13/2015, 07:33 PM   #108
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I'm going to try this. I'm at .2 nitrates now. I'll dose it up to 2 and wait and see.


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Unread 11/15/2015, 08:24 PM   #109
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Ok. I received the same bag of potassium nitrate that you have. Im unsure of the dosage amount. I read your first post on dosage and you mentioned you read it somewhere. What thread was that? Also What dosage amount per gallon is it? Isnit 1/4 tsp per 1 gallon of tank water? Am i correct ? Are you premixing the powder nitrate in a separate jug of tank water so it dissolves and then pouring that into the tank? May system volume is 120 gallons including the sump. Excuse the borage of questions. Thanks again for your help!! My


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Unread 11/15/2015, 11:35 PM   #110
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A related discussion of the need for nitrates and phosphates to achieve SPS growth and coloration. Seems the tide is turning on the ultra low nutrient philosophy.

http://www.*********.com/index.php?threads/216694/

( Will links to other forums get me banded here? Hoping education is good for all? Mods? )


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Unread 11/15/2015, 11:44 PM   #111
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Dosing nitrates. This hobby has gone full circle.


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Unread 11/16/2015, 06:49 PM   #112
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I just got my KNO3 in the mail today, I'm going to try the really wimpy dose first. Going to dose 15, 1/4 TSP, into 400ml of rodi, let's say my tank is 70g which its actually more.Based on what you said on the first page I would of had to put in 70, 1/4 TSP.
Does my dose of 15, 1/4 TSP sound ok?
I'm scared to try it.




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Unread 11/16/2015, 09:23 PM   #113
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Ok. I received the same bag of potassium nitrate that you have. Im unsure of the dosage amount. I read your first post on dosage and you mentioned you read it somewhere. What thread was that? Also What dosage amount per gallon is it? Isnit 1/4 tsp per 1 gallon of tank water? Am i correct ? Are you premixing the powder nitrate in a separate jug of tank water so it dissolves and then pouring that into the tank? May system volume is 120 gallons including the sump. Excuse the borage of questions. Thanks again for your help!! My


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I just got my KNO3 in the mail today, I'm going to try the really wimpy dose first. Going to dose 15, 1/4 TSP, into 400ml of rodi, let's say my tank is 70g which its actually more.Based on what you said on the first page I would of had to put in 70, 1/4 TSP.
Does my dose of 15, 1/4 TSP sound ok?
I'm scared to try it.

I don't want to be responsible for nuking someone's tanks.


Read this and please dose at your own risk. Start very very slow. My tank is 300+ gallons, so I have a little more wiggle room. Smaller tanks might need to be a little more precise.


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Unread 11/16/2015, 09:26 PM   #114
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That's a tough conversion darn, plus he's talking about the stump remover stuff.


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Unread 11/16/2015, 09:29 PM   #115
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That's a tough conversion darn, plus he's talking about the stump remover stuff.

Stump remover IS potassium nitrate. He crushed it up and weighed it.





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Unread 11/16/2015, 09:32 PM   #116
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Zero Nitrates = Pastel Acros (dosing nitrates)

Dissolve 1 tablespoon of potassium nitrate into 1 liter of ro/di.
1ml of ^ solution = .8ppm of nitrate per 2 gallons.

Dose 35ml and that should equal .8ppm on a 70 gallon tank.
Dose 70ml and that should equal 1.6ppm


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That's a tough conversion darn, plus he's talking about the stump remover stuff.

Read last post ^.


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Unread 11/16/2015, 09:57 PM   #118
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Cool thanks for replying. I have a head cold and the conversions were killing me. So I didn't put everything I made in. It brought the nitrate up. For the first time ever I see pink in the Salifert tester. I'm sitting between 3 and 5 on the slide. Probably 4 parts per million. I don't have to do an emergency water change luckily. A brought it up a little quicker than I wanted. I'm sure the skimmer will be working on overdrive tonight.



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Unread 11/16/2015, 11:30 PM   #119
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Cool thanks for replying. I have a head cold and the conversions were killing me. So I didn't put everything I made in. It brought the nitrate up. For the first time ever I see pink in the Salifert tester. I'm sitting between 3 and 5 on the slide. Probably 4 parts per million. I don't have to do an emergency water change luckily. A brought it up a little quicker than I wanted. I'm sure the skimmer will be working on overdrive tonight.

Yep. My skimmer started producing a lot more skimmate, and it was a lot darker as well


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Unread 11/17/2015, 02:37 PM   #120
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Last nights 4 ppm, now test this morning at 2 ppm. The skimmer did it's job. I probably dosed 1/3 of what I made and will need to dilute if/when I need to use again.

Did you ever put in bac7 or other. Over the last year I had put in a few different bac products, I wonder if I created the super bac lol.


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Unread 11/17/2015, 03:46 PM   #121
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Last nights 4 ppm, now test this morning at 2 ppm. The skimmer did it's job. I probably dosed 1/3 of what I made and will need to dilute if/when I need to use again.

Did you ever put in bac7 or other. Over the last year I had put in a few different bac products, I wonder if I created the super bac lol.

No I I've only used microbacter when setting up a new tank


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Unread 11/18/2015, 12:29 AM   #122
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Wierd on the Salifert test kit, when I look down through the vial the color matches 2. Then when I look through the side and push the vial up against the card it's still 2. Am I at 2 ppm or 0.2 ppm?


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Unread 11/18/2015, 10:11 AM   #123
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I dunno, but I'm going to go dose my stomach with a breakfast burrito for 4.75 USD


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Unread 11/18/2015, 04:01 PM   #124
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Wierd on the Salifert test kit, when I look down through the vial the color matches 2. Then when I look through the side and push the vial up against the card it's still 2. Am I at 2 ppm or 0.2 ppm?
That is weird!

Do you hold it on or against the white part or partly (this is as it should)?

Perhaps you might want to post pictures from the top and from the side.


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Unread 11/18/2015, 10:16 PM   #125
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Wierd on the Salifert test kit, when I look down through the vial the color matches 2. Then when I look through the side and push the vial up against the card it's still 2. Am I at 2 ppm or 0.2 ppm?
When you look through the side, the color should intensify and you should divide the color match by ten. The difficulty is 2 is pretty darn light looking through the top and so maybe you are just seeing the slightest hint of pink.

But if you read 2 through the side view then the result should be 0.2 ppm of nitrate. And you should be placing your vial against the white background on the card and matching it to the displayed colors. Do not place your vial overlaying any of the pink samples displayed

At nitrate readings this low, you may want to consider using the Red Sea pro test kit although the salifert works too


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