Nitrates are not salts.Nitrates is the end product of
nitrification.Amonia is
converted to nitrites and nitrites are converted to
nitrates.It's produced by
the bacteria that lives in your tank and filter.
I have been keeping fish tanks for almost 2 decades(Reef tanks
and African
Cichlids bio type tanks) and have used the water in my
freshwater in my
bonsais with no bad efect at all.
My wife also uses this water in her plants all the time.


I certainly agree with your statement that fish tank water can be
used safely for bonsai -- many people do, but . . . Chemically
speaking, Nitrates (whatever the univalent radical NO3 combines
with) are salts/esters. If you don't have a chemistry book, look
up the word in the dictionary.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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