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Old January 20th 05, 03:04 PM
Geezer From The Freezer
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Mario wrote:

My apologies -- N02 (should be NITRITES), I know that N03 are NITRATES.

and I have a background in chemical and environmental engineering . . .
Mario


I consider anything over 40ppm for nitrates too high - preferable is less than
20ppm
Ammonia & Nitrites I'd say any higher than 2ppm and you want to be doing water
changes.
Obviously you eventually want ammonia and nitrites to be 0ppm.
 




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