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nemo79 · 02-20-2007, 09:43 AM

Yes the seaweed can add to the nitrates. On the back of the package it says remove all uneaten seaweed...probably for that reason. I have been battling a nitrate problem for 3 weeks now it was somewhere between 80+ now I have it down to 20. I actually hate the algae that developes from the nitrates. I got green algae on my glass and brown diatoms...which I hate. Do small water changes, monitor your nitrates while doing the water changes. Try to blow you LR from time to time as detritus can build up on the rock.

02-20-2007, 09:43 AM	#14 (permalink)
nemo79 Zoanthid Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 1,117 Karma: 166	Yes the seaweed can add to the nitrates. On the back of the package it says remove all uneaten seaweed...probably for that reason. I have been battling a nitrate problem for 3 weeks now it was somewhere between 80+ now I have it down to 20. I actually hate the algae that developes from the nitrates. I got green algae on my glass and brown diatoms...which I hate. Do small water changes, monitor your nitrates while doing the water changes. Try to blow you LR from time to time as detritus can build up on the rock. _________ 20g 25lbs LR 1 hydor koralia rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam .