So I've been dosing this for 8 wks now and I haven't seen any change in my nitrates. As I've stated in my tale of the tank all lives stock does look good, we'll except for the little bit of sps I have, they are doing worse. My nitrates hang at 50ppm while my phosphates swing from .25 to .03. The mixture I am using is 375ml vodka, 125ml rodi, 500 ml white distilled vinegar. I dose 10ml daily figuring I have slightly under 100g of water. I understand it takes time but I was running a bio pellet reactor for arounded 4 months prior. Any suggestions? I've also bumped my 10g weekly water change to 15g.
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Diy nopox dosing
- Thread starter Mikeamadio
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That exact mix does wonders for me. I actually dose nitrate to avoid being zero with that mix. What test kits are you using for nitrate and phosphate and what skimmer?
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A wk after I started dosing my rbta and corals all looked so happy and still do. So the mix has done wonders for that.
Sure the kits are not expired? I would make the skimmer run wetter. Nopox requires wet skimming to work. Also was the tank set up with live or dry rock?
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Live rock, lots of the rock is original when I first set up 12yrs ago, then I added some more around 6 yes ago that was old live Rick found in my buddies crawl space, I obviously had to let that cycle before adding it. The test kits are still good at least according to the yellow sticker date on top of the boxes.
I would add good bacteria such as Dr tims or brightwell mb7 to make sure you have the right bacteria for the process. And I would get a second opinion on the test results.
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I have been adding special blend every two wks, but I think it's time for change, I'll order the mb7, and next time I get to a lfs, I'll bring some water. I also check nitrates with an api kit, I know it's junk but I test twice a week for nitrates so it saves me a couple bucks on test kits I've had same results with that.
I would skim more wet no matter what.
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Will do.