Dosing KNO3?

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  1. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    John all the calcifying macro's in my 90 are doing awesome. My Agar grass is doing great and growing.

    I'm having issues with the caulerpa's and some of the reds like dragon's breath, red bush etc.

    I can't test for PO4, no kit yet but NH3, NO2 and NO3 are always at 0, even when I feed heavy.

    Should I dose some KNO3? What about iron?
     
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  2. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    iron may help the greens, i havent seen it do much for reds. it may be an option for you to fertilize, but if you do go slowly with it, those reds wouldnt need much
     
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  3. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    The fert would be mainly for the greens. All of the caulerpa I got from you died (looked great when I got it, handled shipping well) and most of some prolifera I got from a local has had to be removed because it is slowly dieing off.

    I've never been able to grow caulerpa only now it's frustrating.
     
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