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Old 06-30-2008, 12:49 AM
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How often do you clean the sponge & ceramics? These have been shown to increase nitrates. If it were me, I'd ditch them and just use your skimmer/carbon in those compartments.
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Ceramics I have not touched as it has only been a month. The sponges I clean weekly and the floss every few days. Would it be ok to ditch the ceramics now or later once the tank is stable?
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fairly new tank, mini-cycle?
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Old 06-30-2008, 01:34 AM
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Yes, I actually just tested Nitrate again and it reads <0.2ppm so everything is ok. Thanks for everyones help.
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Still I would ditch the ceramics! They will likely be a source of nitrates further down the road.
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I think i will in a couple of weeks when i replace my bag of carbon.
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Sorry to hijack, but Drew wouldn't the ceramics act sort of as live rock or are they super porous and act more like a sponge?
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