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Dosing nitrates


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2 hours ago, Flounder said:

 

 

I love the attention to detail here! 

Yeah, it is not something that I constantly pay attention to, but it is something to keep in the back of your mind. Especially, when you are monitoring closely. Every test kit(Hanna, Salifert, RedSea, API) has a variance to take into consideration. Each test kits margin of error is different, so it is important to consider when comparing test results from one kit to another. In this instance, that could totally be the reason for my difference in my results every few days. 

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On 5/10/2018 at 7:44 AM, Joe said:

Turn off the skimmer for a day or two.? Maybe that’ll help?

I think turning off the skimmer or lowering the water level in it will help. I think nitrate dosing can work, but is also another numbers chase. What is the right number for your tank, and are nitrates only testing so low because your reef is consuming them so quickly?

My nitrates have never tested higher than 1.4 via lab testing. This is likely a result of the bio-pellet/refugium combination, but outside of reduced skimming I personally have not considered dosing nitrates. Turning off the bio-pellet reactor worries me also since any colonies inside the reactor would most certainly perish.

Date Type Activity Notes Salt NH4 NO2 NO3 PO4
Monday, July 17, 2017 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results Good - High Si and Ca 1.026 0 0.003 1.4 0.06
Sunday, August 20, 2017 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 9.24 DKH Hanna Check 1.025 0 0.003 1.2 0
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 9.24 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.003 0.9 0.03
Monday, November 20, 2017 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 9.5 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.002 0.8 0
Friday, December 08, 2017 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 9.8 DKH Hanna Check 1.025 0 0.002 1.3 0.02
Tuesday, January 02, 2018 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 8.1 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.003 0.8 0.01
Thursday, February 01, 2018 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 9.2 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.005 0.4 0.02
Sunday, March 11, 2018 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 8.9 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.005 0.8 0.01
Thursday, April 19, 2018 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 8.2 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.001 0.2 0.04
Thursday, May 24, 2018 Water Testing Aquamedic Test Results 8.6 DKH Hanna Check 1.026 0 0.003 0.8 0.05
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my bio pellet reactor has been off since May 4th and I am still no higher on my nitrates. They have been hovering between undetectable and.02. Po4 has been anywhere between.02 and.2. 

I turned off my skimmer four days ago and I am just now starting to see a good.02 on my Salifert nitrates kit. I replaced my kit because the one I had been using previously expired 1/18, so I wasn't sure if the results were accurate or not. Apparently it was still testing right because the new kit still says close to 0. 

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