amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I am going to dose KNO3 to 5 gallons, any ideas for a safe maximum to dose? Link to comment
atrox Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Just use a reef salt and water changes. Dosing opens the door to problems on smaller systems. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Onl on freshwater planted please lol Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I would doze according to what the product you bought recommend. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 What have you read that says it w benefit your tank Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 I would doze according to what the product you bought recommend.lol I don't think a bottle of stump remover comes with dosing instructions lol. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 lol I don't think a bottle of stump remover comes with dosing instructions lol. You serious? Haha Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 What have you read that says it w benefit your tankI have read numerous accounts of corals coloring up better with added potassium, so I want my aiptasia to look their best. You serious? Haha dead serious Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I have read numerous accounts of corals coloring up better with added potassium, so I want my aiptasia to look their best. Signature. Done. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 what's your current potassium level in the tank? what's you rate of consumption? Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 what's your current potassium level in the tank? what's you rate of consumption? don't have half a clue, since I don't preform regular water changes in this tank a dosing will pretty much be a done deal, think of it as a one way ticket. Link to comment
markalot Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Woah woah. Stump remover adds Nitrate and an insignificant amount of Potassium. Many folks use KNO3 to raise Nitrates in order to reduce phosphates when carbon dosing. If you want to try dosing K then get a pure source or something like Brightwell's Potassion. Link to comment
metrokat Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I dose 1 ml lab grade potassium chloride daily via a doser. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 #1 rule of reefing Don't dose what you don't test for. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Oh I test. Talking to amphipod, babe. Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 I dose 1 ml lab grade potassium chloride daily via a doser. what's the concentration of KCl solution you use? #1 rule of reefing Don't dose what you don't test for. sometimes the risks are worth taking. anyways, to give you an idea of risky moves in that tank, I've put miracle grow in that tank to try grow more algae, results were pleasing. Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 2.0m thank you much m for molarity right? Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 sometimes the risks are worth taking Not really Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 True risk are sometimes worth it but I don't think this is one of those times. I would buy a potassium source made for aquarium, it wouldn't cost that much from what you plan on using and it comes with dosing direction Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 the risk for this minimal blind shot in the dark reward is not worth it. Link to comment
amphipod Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 All right I did the math since KNO3 is like 38.672% K by weight and KCl is like 52.445% To make one deciliter of the solution I would have needed somewhere around 14.91 grams of KCl for 2 molarity solution. To make the same concentration of K using KNO3 I need pretty much 20.3 grams of it. So how many milliliters per gallon would the dosing be? Link to comment
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