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adam84 11-20-2016 05:34 PM

Thanks Ryan, how long have you been dosing for and have you noticed any improvement in color?

Ryanerickson 11-20-2016 05:44 PM

I dosed for 2 weeks colors improved phosphate went down to the point I took gfo offline. But I also noticed algae starting to grow a bit so I backed off for a week after a week algae stopped growing completely and sps has paled out a bit again also nitrate back to 0. Im started again today I will try 1ml a day for now. Trying to find the perfect balance. Also phosphate went up to .07ish when I stopped dosing while dosing nitrate phosphates dropped to .02-.03.

adam84 11-20-2016 05:54 PM

Judging by seachems analysis the available nitrogen is at 0.007 and phosphate is 0.01 does this not mean that flourish would add more phosphate than nitrate?

Ryanerickson 11-20-2016 06:54 PM

I'm no scientist lol phosphates only went down when I used it but great question sure looks like it does.

adam84 11-20-2016 07:05 PM

Did some online reading and decided to order some calcium nitrate, should be here in a few days. From what I have read the ammonia in it should not ammount to detectable levels

Myka 11-20-2016 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adam84 (Post 1002490)
Thankyou I checked into them and they only ground ship and it cost 103 bucks to get it here, seems a little steep for an 8 dollar product. But it is considered a hazardous material I suppose

They charged me $20 shipping. All in including exchange it was $38.

jordanc_17 11-22-2016 03:57 AM

I also use Seachem Flourish. But I use Flourish Nitrogen since it appeared similar but with more nitrogen. I am really liking the effects, been dosing it for 6 months or so.

Ryanerickson 11-22-2016 04:08 AM

I'm using this
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...psnsyctvoy.jpg
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4yjp80zb.jpg

Myka 11-22-2016 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adam84 (Post 1002512)
Judging by seachems analysis the available nitrogen is at 0.007 and phosphate is 0.01 does this not mean that flourish would add more phosphate than nitrate?

That is SeaChem Flourish which is a trace/micro element supplement. There are a bunch of "Flourish" additives. Anyone who is using the Flourish products for nitrate addition is using Flourish Nitrogen, and those using it for phosphate addition are using Flourish Phosphorus. There are lots of people using these two products, they seem to be safe for reef use.

warriorcookie 11-22-2016 08:54 PM

Never realized this, but seachem has a handy dandy calculator on their site to know how much to dose.

Neat!

http://www.seachem.com/flourish-nitrogen.php


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