How do "You" control nitrates?

[isde02]

Im just wondering how people control nitrates? You arent doing 100% waterchanges so you arent eliminating all of the nitrates, so what else do you do?

 

[MTBjake]

I keep a lot of live plants in my tanks and weekly water changes alternating 50 & 75%.


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[ecoli73]

twice weekly 25% wc and I have a lot of lucky bambos and pothos in the tank.

 

[anarekist]

i keep pathos, feed lightly and 50% water change when ever i get the chance, usually every other day

 

[Inglorious]

Weekly 75% wc and the addition of pothos a few months ago reduced my nitrates from 80ppm before a wc to less than 40ppm

 

[isde02]

Weekly 75% wc and the addition of pothos a few months ago reduced my nitrates from 80ppm before a wc to less than 40ppm

Nice, Im about to add a nitrate filter to my sump. I found it on ebay, its pretty maintenance free, it comes with a pump, and you just change the cartridges every 18 months.

 

[AlexLbk]

I use aquaripure filter on my well stocked 150. My nitrates are steady at about 5-10ppm. I do change about 20% of water every week to two and replace the mechanical filtration once it begins to overflow in the sump.

 

[mike_sema]

I use a 24/7 drip along with pathos,

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[mr.bigglesworth]

Pothos, small but frequent wc's, and a ****load of live plants. Feed very lightly. I think its better to underfeed than overfeed. I also think slightly skinny is better than bloating. Sometimes I go a little overboard though.

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[kendragon]

Nice, Im about to add a nitrate filter to my sump. I found it on ebay, its pretty maintenance free, it comes with a pump, and you just change the cartridges every 18 months.

What kind of nitrate filter?