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[sadrobotz]

@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.

oh dang, ok

 

[robanister]

No washing for me

I'm on a wc path though. Have ammonia leaching from somewhere slownsteady rise.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Basically 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.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Make sure you're not also phosphate limited.

 

[sadrobotz]

Basically 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.

cool, thanks for the ELI5. i am reading on it now, i'll get started asap

 

[sadrobotz]

Make sure you're not also phosphate limited.

sorry, can you explain what you mean by that?

 

[StatelineReefer]

sorry, can you explain what you mean by that?

So, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.

 

[sadrobotz]

So, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.

got it, thank you. yep, my phosphates are in deed low. gahhhh this is frustrating

 

[robanister]

So, if your phosphates are low, nitrogen uptake by corals and bacteria (Archaea actually) will be limited as well.

What he said

 

[sadrobotz]

yeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.

 

[Rennurdoar]

yeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.

Whats super low? Like 0? 0.01?

 

[billyocean]

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 start

 

[Baby_Shark]

yeah, i just retested phosphate again and it is suuuuuper low.

Pump it up before you get dinos

 

[StatelineReefer]

Well, skip carbon dosing for now. Won't do any good if phosphates bottom out.

 

[sadrobotz]

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 start

alright, i will report back

 

[NATE1979]

Anyone help me out on my question about my xr15 g6 blue

 

[sadrobotz]

i just tested again and it is still showing 100PPM nitrate

 

[billyocean]

i just tested again and it is still showing 100PPM nitrate

As stated...you need to get po4 up.

 

[sadrobotz]

As stated...you need to get po4 up.

yeah, i am looking into that now. does anyone have suggestions?

 

[mww00ds]

Well found my sticker from the last sale, and unless #sbbcorals used some kind of invisible ink, no numbers on it eh oh well next maybe