How do I get a little nitrates? (1 Viewer)

[Kskufca]

I am having problems with my 90 gallon tank. All of my corals especially my zoa’s and palys are not opening and then turn white and die. My frogspawn and hammers are living but they are not extending. My torch and bubble coral seem to be ok. I have no nitrates and was told that these corals like dirty water. My question is how do I get a little bit of nitrates?

 

[mittens]

I am having problems with my 90 gallon tank. All of my corals especially my zoa’s and palys are not opening and then turn white and die. My frogspawn and hammers are living but they are not extending. My torch and bubble coral seem to be ok. I have no nitrates and was told that these corals like dirty water. My question is how do I get a little bit of nitrates?

Stump remover.


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[Matyas]

+1 on dosing. You could feed more as well, but fwiw dosing is cheaper solution

 

[mittens]

If only needing nitrate better to dose than feed. Easier to control without the extra phosp.


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[Alex77619]

Stump remover is what I use.

Bring this acan back to live by raising Nitrate

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[mittens]

Switched to chemical grade potassium nitrate recently, some say it’s ‘cleaner’. Same thing, just makes me feel better.


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[EvenFurther]

I use this product to bump up my nitrates. ME Corals NO3. Works good and super easy to use.

ME Nitrate NO3 (32 oz) Pharmaceutical Grade Liquid - MECoral

 

[paraletho]

+1 on the KNO3

Switched to chemical grade potassium nitrate recently, some say it’s ‘cleaner’. Same thing, just makes me feel better.


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[Wingnut]

I dose food grade sodium nitrate a few times a week and keeps No3 right around 3-5 ppm

 

[bwomac44]

 

[Cody]

Switched to chemical grade potassium nitrate recently, some say it’s ‘cleaner’. Same thing, just makes me feel better.


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What form does it come in? Powder? What concentration are you diluting it to?

 

[Alex77619]

I’m also dosing 20 ppm a day. The 6/13 is before I dose. Plus I’m feeding 6 meal a day. Deep sand bed is crazy


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[bwomac44]

From Green Leaf Aquarium website
Powder form
Watch that link

 

[Cody]

From Green Leaf Aquarium website
Powder form
Watch that link

That's some fancy packaging haha

 

[bwomac44]

Fancy but like $3! My favorite kind of product, i.e. clean and cheap

 

[gm357]

You can do it naturally and just add more fish. Better enjoyment imo. I used stump remover until my fish load was sufficient.

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[mittens]

What form does it come in? Powder? What concentration are you diluting it to?

Most come in powder. What I do is boil rodi, add some powder (eyeball it), mix, add to tank. I’ve been doing this for some time so I just have a feel for it. Just start slow and work your way up. And of course test daily.


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[mittens]

You can do it naturally and just add more fish. Better enjoyment imo. I used stump remover until my fish load was sufficient.

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Or that [emoji115].


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[Cody]

You can do it naturally and just add more fish. Better enjoyment imo. I used stump remover until my fish load was sufficient.

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Yeah I just add more fish and feed more when nutrients are low.