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cloudy planted tank
Not clear on that, Chuck... ammonium nitrite nitrate, right? Assuming a
fully cycled tank, whatever ammonia isn't being used, ends up as nitrite, then nitrate. Or am I putzing up the chemistry thing again? The presence of nitrates is symptomatic of an algae bloom but not the cause of it. If there is more ammonium present than the plants can use, the excess will be available to be converted by the bacteria to nitrite nitrate. Algae are opportunistic and will use the ammoium or nitrate indiscriminately whereas higher plants will exhaust available ammonium before using nitrate. kush Chuck Gadd wrote in message ... On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 12:18:22 GMT, Moose wrote: check your nitrAtes. that's where my algae bloom comes from. Adding plants will get rid of it. Nitrates will usually not cause an algae bloom. What several people have found is that if the ammonia being produced isn't being used up quickly enough (by either the bacteria or the plants) then it will cause algae problems. The ammonia might not be measurable, but it's still the most likely cause. My 75g tank was running for 4-6 months with nitrate level of 50ppm+ with zero algae problems. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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