Will 2 wet/dry be too much ??

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
do you have gravel? Fronts crap A LOT and gravel will trap it bad. I went to sand and now my nitrates run around 5ppm with a 30% weekly water change
 
mkman;3112683; said:
there is no such thing as too much! :)

There was a guy on here ccdodido or something like that who had a 1000 gallon I think with like 20 Eheims powering it! lol
True and people gave that guy so much flak that he doesnt even post from what I have seen. :nilly: some people hate
 
ward1066;3112888; said:
do you have gravel? Fronts crap A LOT and gravel will trap it bad. I went to sand and now my nitrates run around 5ppm with a 30% weekly water change


pool filter sand . I'll clean my filter one more time and keep track of the nitrate build up this comming week . let's c how it goes . also planning on adding some plant . do u have any plant in your front tank ?
 
Trippy;3112978; said:
pool filter sand . I'll clean my filter one more time and keep track of the nitrate build up this comming week . let's c how it goes . also planning on adding some plant . do u have any plant in your front tank ?

used to , but they got eaten :D do you feed alot on days your feed?
 
My opinion is that you already have more then enough filtration with the FX-5 alone.

if you want to reduce your nitrates, you could construct an overly complicated denitrifying system, add plants, or simply increase water changes.
 
How long has the tank been up and running? every time you clean the media, are you leaving some of it alone? you could be disturbing the bacteria attempting to colonize if its a new setup or new filters
 
Chaitika;3116665; said:
Are you sure your test kit is giving you accurate readings?

What's the nitrate reading on your tap water?



i would agree with this statement. i had any extremely overstocked 75 and still didn't have much of a problom with nitrates. that was with 2 ac70s, and a penguine 350. i also did large water changes though.
 
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