Eheim filters

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
coming from a newbie, but here goes...

Canister filters = nitrAte factory... get rid of it, and you'll notice a
considerable difference....

All biological filters are per definition 'Nitrate Factories' because the
sole point of having a biological filter is to convert ammonia into nitrite
and then nitrite into nitrate. Ammonia is very lethal to fish, nitrite is
somewhat less lethal to fish but will still kill'em, but nitrate is
relatively harmless to fish but should still be removed via water changes or
heavy planting (whish will use some of the ammonia and nitrite directly by
the way...)

Biological filtration is VITAL when keeping fish unless you are doing very
heavy water changes / continuously water changes...


Some fish are more resistant to ammonia / nitrite but they will all die if
the concentrations gets to high...


/Morten




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