Nitrate Dosing

vucious

vucious

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Does anyone have experience with nitrate dosing? If you do, what are you using as your nitrate source?

The idea behind nitrate dosing is have a balanced tank according to the Redfield Ratio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redfield_ratio

The problem I am trying to solve is that I have very high phosphate but 0 nitrate. I am also dosing vodka which is supposed to encourage bacteria growth which consumes both nitrate and phosphate. However, since nitrate is the limiting nutrient (0 ppm), vodka dosing is not as effective to reduce phosphate.
 
vucious said:
Does anyone have experience with nitrate dosing? If you do, what are you using as your nitrate source?

The idea behind nitrate dosing is have a balanced tank according to the Redfield Ratio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redfield_ratio

The problem I am trying to solve is that I have very high phosphate but 0 nitrate. I am also dosing vodka which is supposed to encourage bacteria growth which consumes both nitrate and phosphate. However, since nitrate is the limiting nutrient (0 ppm), vodka dosing is not as effective to reduce phosphate.
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Try looking into lanthium chloride. Helped me bring p04 down quick. Now I maintain wit gfo but u can then dose carbon to maintain. My $0.02..

Let me know if u have ?'s
 
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jayjerk said:
Try looking into lanthium chloride. Helped me bring p04 down quick. Now I maintain wit gfo but u can then dose carbon to maintain. My $0.02..

Let me know if u have ?'s
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Jay what specific product do you use for lanthium chloride and what was your dosing schedule?
 
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