Lf sodium nitrate

[adam84]

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

[Ryanerickson]

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]

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]

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

[adam84]

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]

Originally Posted by adam84

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]

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]

I'm using this

[Myka]

Originally Posted by adam84

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]

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