Ni electroplating

1-in  scientific research for industrial company, I'm doing Ni  electroplating  from watts bath on steel .

I have pure Ni sheet as an anode but faced a problem of pitting on the anode surface and get greater resistance during the electroplating

 I used a Ni round sheets contained in a titanium mesh basket and the plating was good but in the case of co-deposit of nano powder material( which is the second stage of my research) I think it's not appropriate ,is it?

I have small platinum mesh . is it better for my case ?

 2- can I peel off the coating or should I change the substrate for this target?

Any help I can get is appreciated.

Thank you