oh dang, ok@tbrown doses vinegar, there's a few nice charts online if you search for them.
I use bacto balance right now but will switch when I run out.
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oh dang, ok@tbrown doses vinegar, there's a few nice charts online if you search for them.
I use bacto balance right now but will switch when I run out.
I'm on a wc path though. Have ammonia leaching from somewhere slownsteady rise.No washing for me
cool, thanks for the ELI5. i am reading on it now, i'll get started asapBasically you're feeding carbon, whether it be alcohol, sugar, or vinegar, to spike the heterotrophs in the water column. On the theory that your tank is carbon limited, theae heterotrophs then grow and multiply, incorporating nitrogen compounds and driving down your available nitrates.
sorry, can you explain what you mean by that?Make sure you're not also phosphate limited.
So, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.sorry, can you explain what you mean by that?
got it, thank you. yep, my phosphates are in deed low. gahhhh this is frustratingSo, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.
What he saidSo, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.
Whats super low? Like 0? 0.01?yeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.
Retest n03 and make sure it's not a test error. 100 on nitrates isn't the end of the world...careful on carbon dosing...less is more to startyeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.
Pump it up before you get dinosyeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.
alright, i will report backRetest n03 and make sure it's not a test error. 100 on nitrates isn't the end of the world...careful on carbon dosing...less is more to start
As stated...you need to get po4 up.i just tested again and it is still showing 100PPM nitrate
yeah, i am looking into that now. does anyone have suggestions?As stated...you need to get po4 up.