Re: Intro' and thoughts on this simple design
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Originally Posted by worley
If the 'trates are still high, you could do a bunch of water changes to get them under control then let the scrubber do the rest
Tried that before. It works to a point but, as I say, the tap water around these parts has around 40ppm NO3 so water changes are never going to bring it down below that.
I used to use live plants to keep the nitrates down, which worked to a point, but I now have a number of metynnis argenteus which leave less vegetation than a plague of locusts.
Re: Intro' and thoughts on this simple design
If they're at 40ppm, that's not really high for a FW tank, and the scrubber will get those close to 0 after a few months if it's the right size/flow/lighting etc.
