It states unequivocally that the composition is 100% potassium nitrate. My first data was the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) of the Spectracide product. Knowing that I can easily calculate the exact dilution to raise nitrate exactly, I started digging a little further. I wanted to have some additional confidence that it would succeed and perform as expected.
Use that to dose approximately one milliliter per ten gallons of aquarium water.Īlthough this is a very simple approach, I had an uneasy feeling which kept me from slapping a quick dilution together and dumping it in. 
Add 2 tablespoons of the Sump Remover (granules) in a plastic cup of RODI water. The instructions on the thread are fairly easy and straightforward: I was intrigued by the idea of being able to add exactly what the system needs. Initially this registered on my radar from an excellent post on Reef2Reef. One great source for KNO3 is a product by Spectracide called Spectracide® Stump Remover Granules. There has been a lot of discussion about the different reagents that could be used – a great one being potassium nitrate (KNO3). However, in some cases, “nutrient dosing” is definitely something of interest – particularly nitrate dosing. water changes, reduced skimmer usage, shorter refugium lighting hours, etc) and increasing the rate of nutrients introduced into the system with extra feedings might be the two easiest ways. Thankfully, there are many ways to increase and maintain nutrients. (Also see other entries in the Nutrients section of the blog. But there can be many side effects to a tank’s microbial food web ,aka microbial loop. Pale colors in corals are one of the more common side effects. With the ever popular “ULNS” systems and all methods of carbon dosing exponentially increasing in usage, nutrient starvation in our glass boxes is almost as common as the opposite. Either can be quite problematic for the tank. 
Zero nitrates, and sometimes even zero phosphates are found behind more and more tank issues. It has become a phenomenon of increasing frequency in the reefing hobby today to have “too clean” of a tank.
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