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Old 04-01-2006, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Montana
first what is causing the nitrates
I have big fish and I enjoy feeding them. I guess I lied, there must be about 180gal in there.

I do 30gal changes monthly. I have a huge sump (110gal 1/2 to 2/3 full), huge skimmer, 10gal fuge. sugar sand in display, small sized cc in fuge. just picked up some chaeto for the fuge gonna see how that does.

cutting back food is not an option, I'm just looking for ways to absorb the nitrates.

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Originally Posted by mr_alberta
I've tried this. I had 3, but 2 died within a week and the 3rd about a week after that. I don't know what long term survivability is for those clams as they are from cooler waters.
I have a few, will see how they do.. chances are I'll have to pull them out in a few days and just slice em open and feed em to the fish.
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