I've finally depleted NO3

[Jchillin]

With the recent addition of new plants and the explosion of growth of my anacharis, I've finally depleted my source of naturally produced NO3.

I've been prepared for this - I just happened to purchase a nice bottle of Nitrogen several months ago.

Since I now have 0, I figured that I need to dose at least 10-15mL to get 10ppm. Let me know if my math is skewered.

 

[rich311k]

There should be a formula on the bottle to figure how much to add based on your water volume to raise it however many ppm you want.

 

[BrianNY]

Just be sure to go slowly. Increasing NO3 to 10ppm at one time can kill your fish.

 

[Jchillin]

Now you tell me 8O , not to worry though...I have no rush to go all the way immediately. I dosed @2ppm.

 

[caribou]

Good luck with the NO3 dosing, hope all goes well. My well water comes out of the tap at 13 ppm NO3, so with weekly water changes I don't have to worry too much about it LOL! I do have to add iron and a touch of phosphate.

 

[sudz]

Nitrate in your tap water? I have 0, 0, 0. Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate.

I didn't realize that you needed nitrate to grow plants! I've always been REALLY low on nitrate (never seen it above 10ppm)

Plants have probably been my saving grace when i would neglect my tank for a few weeks at a time.