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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8
mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? THANX!!! |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_p...osage_calc.htm
-- Remove NOSPAM for email replies "Dave M. Picklyk" wrote in message ... I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8 mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? THANX!!! |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
"Dave M. Picklyk" empowered us with this mighty blow
against the Patriarchy: I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8 mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nitrate.htm |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
Dave, I would add a school of community fish. They help maintain a balance
that plants need... The fish waste is converted into ammonia and nitrates that the plants will use. Acutally, if your tank is well planted, you don't even need carbon to filter stuff like ammonia etc... I haven't used carbon in about 6 months, and any traces of ammonia are still gone, and my water seems to be well balanced (I do inject co2 though). Anyway, add some more fish to the tank, they will bring up the nitrate levels for you. "Dave" wrote in message ... "Dave M. Picklyk" empowered us with this mighty blow against the Patriarchy: I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8 mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_nitrate.htm |
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that the plants will use. Acutally, if your tank is well planted, you don't
even need carbon to filter stuff like ammonia etc... I haven't used carbon in about 6 months, and any traces of ammonia are still gone, and my water My concept about using carbon is different. I use carbon on my internal filter. But I dont change it (never). They are really a wonderful home for my bio bacteria. Dominic |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
Richmond wrote ... I use carbon on my internal filter. But I dont change it (never). I think that eventually that carbon will become overloaded with toxins and become harmful. |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
"Dave" wrote in message
I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8 mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? Use can use KNO3 to add more. NO3 test kits are seldom decent, Lamott is one of the few that are relatively consistent. 5-10ppm or so is a good range to shoot for. Regards, Tom Barr |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
" wrote in message om... "Dave" wrote in message I just got a nitrate tester kit and found out that my 48 gal. has about 7-8 mg/L of nitrates. Is that getting pretty low for plants? My 15 gal. has absolutely no traceable amounts of nitrates...this means that all the available nitrogen is being used and that possibly some are starving for nitrogen. What can I do to add more nitrates into the system? Use can use KNO3 to add more. NO3 test kits are seldom decent, Lamott is one of the few that are relatively consistent. 5-10ppm or so is a good range to shoot for. Regards, Tom Barr The UK magazine Practical Fishkeeping ran a comparison last month, using known concentrations of NO3. It was *scary* how wrong the test kits can be. Phil. |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
At the beginning I want to say hello to everyone. After a few weeks of
lurking I finally decided to write something The UK magazine Practical Fishkeeping ran a comparison last month, using known concentrations of NO3. Could you write something about the results? I actually use the Salifert Profitest NO3 and in my opinion it's quite precise (tested in a laboratory) and it's relatively cheap (at least in Poland). Marcin Baranowski |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
My concept about using carbon is different. I use carbon on my
internal filter. But I dont change it (never). This brilliant concept imho may soon result in influx of all the toxins it now holds right into the aquarium water, and your fish will suffer from severe toxication. |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:18:07 -0800, "Anton"
wrote: This brilliant concept imho may soon result in influx of all the toxins it now holds right into the aquarium water, and your fish will suffer from severe toxication. This is an unproven myth that carbon will somehow "release" everything it absorbs if left in too long.... Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
This brilliant concept imho may soon result in influx of all the toxins it
now holds right into the aquarium water, and your fish will suffer from severe toxication. The current carbon in my tank internal filter is little more than one year old. There is absolutely no casualty due to so called "toxins". -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
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what are good levels for nitrates in planted aqua?
the carbon just stops absorbing, any small amounts of toxins it releases are
already in your water anyway. Aqua wrote: This brilliant concept imho may soon result in influx of all the toxins it now holds right into the aquarium water, and your fish will suffer from severe toxication. The current carbon in my tank internal filter is little more than one year old. There is absolutely no casualty due to so called "toxins". -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
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