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    Re: Intro' and thoughts on this simple design

    Quote 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.

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    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.

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