teamgs
Aquarium Advice Regular
Greetings,
For some reason, when I dose KNO3 into my tank, within a day, the water turns mildly cloudy. It then takes at least a week to clear, with water changes.
I was following the directions on the fert bag, to end up with 11 ppm NO3, then tried cutting it in half, with the same result.
I am using Rex Grigg's bulk ferts, and the bag states to use 1/4 teaspoon (1.4 g) to raise 20 Gal of water by 11.29 ppm. Since I have a 90 gal tank, I was using 1 teaspoon of KN03.
I can't recall the actual values, as I tested them a while ago, but I seem to remember that the PPM N03 was within reason 30 min after adding the fert.
Generally, unless I am dosing regularly, my tanks drops to almost 0 ppm N03, so I don't think I am having a buildup.
Is this a normal occurance? Am I doing something stupid to cause this? Should I be premixing the fert with water?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Regards,
Gary
For some reason, when I dose KNO3 into my tank, within a day, the water turns mildly cloudy. It then takes at least a week to clear, with water changes.
I was following the directions on the fert bag, to end up with 11 ppm NO3, then tried cutting it in half, with the same result.
I am using Rex Grigg's bulk ferts, and the bag states to use 1/4 teaspoon (1.4 g) to raise 20 Gal of water by 11.29 ppm. Since I have a 90 gal tank, I was using 1 teaspoon of KN03.
I can't recall the actual values, as I tested them a while ago, but I seem to remember that the PPM N03 was within reason 30 min after adding the fert.
Generally, unless I am dosing regularly, my tanks drops to almost 0 ppm N03, so I don't think I am having a buildup.
Is this a normal occurance? Am I doing something stupid to cause this? Should I be premixing the fert with water?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Regards,
Gary