Thread: GFO and SPS
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Old 09-06-2011, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by reefermadness View Post
Personally I use pellets and GFO. Bacteria utilize NO3 and PO4 in a certain ratio. The bacteria can sometimes become nitrate limited meaning it will consume all the nitrate while there is still phosphate left over.

I was thinking about trying that in the future.

The only other thing i can think i did recently was bring salinity down from 1.028 to 1.026 during a w/c. Unfortunately i did this and added GFO during the same week maybe it was a combination it didnt like.
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