I'm just a bit worried to hear about you adding 1/4 teaspoon here an 1/2 teaspoon there. I'm thinking that is a serious overdose and too much nitrate is a bad thing,
Like I said I was adding until I got a reading but I used the test kit incorrectly. when I used it correctly and got a reading it was 10ppm nitrate. This was with 1 tsp. So I was going to dose 1/2 tsp but since djlen has recommende 1/4 I will stick with that. I never planned on making a quarter here and a half there a habit. I like your idea of the solution and I think I will try that once I get the basic application down. Thanks for the amount refrences annonapersona!
Djlen i have read all of the posts and I thank everyone. I added 1/4 tsp of nosalt for the K and plan on doing so again tommorrow after a 50 percent water change. I have not done anything for phosphate yet. I am dosing the excel and flourish according to the bottles. Thanks for all of the help everyone!