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Old March 9th 05, 07:09 PM
CapFusion
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"Ajay Malkani" wrote in message
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I have a 200 G fish with live rock fr about 10 months now and want to shift
completely to a reef setup. All the required equipment is there. Lights,
Eheim Wet/Dry, Eheim canister, powerheads, Uv, Skimmer, Chiller etc.

Problem is the nitrates keep increasing till I water chnage. Is there any
way to keep nitrates stable at the bare minimum? Do i need to add a
denitrifying filter? Add Live rocks? Add Live Sand? What shld i basically
do to make sure the nitrates dont rise? Ive been reading and I actually
even read somewhere that a wet/dry will even enhance nitrate production!
So do I dump it ? and substitute with what?

Looking fr a simple and longterm solution and I know the best advice will
be here!

Thanks,

Ajay

As Chris already stated....
I would assumed the Wet/Dry maybe the cause of your nitrate. Adding DSB /
LR might reduce your nitrate. You can also try adding microalgae or refugium
to uptake nitrate. I would suggest to slowly remove the Wet/Dry to see if
nitrate will be reduce as other filteration like LR / DSB can take over the
job of Wet/Dry.

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