Red Sea NoPox users

jessesoto33 · Jan 31, 2015

you need to rev it up every 3 days until you see nitrate going down then you dose lower as you see nitrates at 0.02 then stablize. I have a 120 gallon and I'm stable at 18ml a day medium bio load.

nicodim55 said:

in your picture comparison you can notice your corals look much more happier/healthier after dosing NoPoX. you should see how fat and fluffy mine are after 1 1/2 months of dosing NoPoX, and my growth rate is through the roof

nicodim55 · Jan 31, 2015

jessesoto33 said:

I want to do that but I'm afraid the water will get cloudy again. I want to make sure I'm not shocking the system

jessesoto33 · Jan 31, 2015

nicodim55 said:

How old did you say your display has been up?

nicodim55 · Jan 31, 2015

jessesoto33 said:

It's been up for years but had a crash last year a couple of fish survived. Couldn't get my nitrates lower than 40ppm so I heard about NoPox supposedly lowers nitrates so I wanted to give it a try.

jessesoto33 · Jan 31, 2015

nicodim55 said:

so whats more important low nitrates or no cloudy water?

nicodim55 · Jan 31, 2015

jessesoto33 said:

Both of course who wouldn't want low nitrates and clear water?

jessesoto33 · Feb 1, 2015

nicodim55 said:

I asked what's more important? I'm sure your cloudy water is not from nopox

SC50964 · Feb 1, 2015

nicodim55 said:

What testing kit are you using? Maybe you should bring a water sample to a LFS to double check on your reading. I also get cloudy water and recently notice some angels are having HLLE symptoms, which is known to be related to carbon and this nopox is carbon dosing. I will either email or call RedSea on Monday to see if they have an explanation for both.

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nicodim55 · Feb 1, 2015

SC50964 said:

Been using API nitrate test for years and I'll take a sample to LFS and see

SC50964 · Feb 1, 2015

nicodim55 said:

Same here but it will at least confirm whether or not your reading is correct and that will factor in your decision making on how much to dose. Good luck and pls update on what you find out.

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Emac909 · Feb 1, 2015

The cloudy water is from a bacteria bloom. It will clear up in time. Just like people that start running bio pellets and dose mb7 get a bacteria bloom.
http://youtu.be/Qqx0SIJgEN8

Usingthejohn · Feb 1, 2015

nicodim55 said:

Try the red sea nitrate test kit. It's what i use when using nopox

nicodim55 · Feb 1, 2015

SC50964 said:

I will definitely keep you guys posted

nicodim55 · Feb 1, 2015

Emac909 said:

Thanks Eric for the info

Jerry Williams · Feb 1, 2015

It is important to take note that in the above tutorial about NoPoX, he is concerned with Coral only. With a large bio load you can't have the levels he recommends or all your chaeto will be dead. It may also effect certain fish or invertebrates that depend on Nitrates to live. I'm not saying that info is wrong just not totally what you are dealing with, as in a large bio load.

janiners305 · Feb 1, 2015

Thats what i was about to say maybe your kit is bad

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nicodim55 · Feb 1, 2015

Jerry Williams said:

I know I agree I'll be happy if I can get my Nitrates down to 20ppm as that would be acceptable for the types of corals I have. Also, I have a few big fishes and I feed heavily.

nicodim55 · Feb 3, 2015

Update: Well, I took a sample of my water to the LFS and sure enough it's the same reading

So, I can rule out the type of tester I use. I did a 25g water change yesterday and another 30g today, at this point I just don't know what to do anymore:a43:

janiners305 · Feb 3, 2015

Dont do to many water changes man 25 a week max

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nicodim55 · Feb 3, 2015

janiners305 said:

wasn't my choice I had to, one of the green nem got sucked up by the powerhead

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