Travis Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 So no coral in the tank at this time. Only live rock, sand, and 4 damsels. I've been dosing Red Sea nopox to get my no3 and po4 down. I've been dosing 4ml daily. The tank is a JBJ 45g rl. I seem to have plateaued at no3 5-10ppm (Red Sea) and po4 at 0.00 (Hanna). Going to bump it up to 5ml daily and see what that does over the next week. Question is. What are the 10% weekly wcs actually doing for me right now? Nothing is eating up any of the elements. I'm also not running my lights. Should I get the nopox dosing down before continuing wcs? Or continue weekly 10% wcs while dialing in the nopox? Link to comment
Travis Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 History of test results for reference since I started to dose nopox. Link to comment
seabass Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Red Sea No3Po4X is carbon dosing. So without more phosphate, nitrate reduction will be reduced (as PO4 becomes a limiting factor). Water changes will still serve to reduce nitrate via dilution. It will also reduce dissolved organics, which become nitrate when broken down. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Ok so do you think that I have reached the nopox ability to reduce nitrates because there are no more phosphates? I am running a skimmer. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just tested a fresh batch of instant ocean. 0.00ppm no3 and po4. Link to comment
seabass Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The bacteria will consume roughly 16 parts of nitrate to each part of phosphate. My thought is that lack of phosphate will be a limiting factor to bacteria growth and nitrate consumption. Link to comment
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