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View Poll Results: How do YOU keep Nitrates and Phosphates low?
Zeovit 9 11.54%
Ultralith 3 3.85%
DSB 5 6.41%
Vodka Dosing 7 8.97%
Vitamin C Dosing 0 0%
Other Carbon Dosing (Vinegar, sugar, etc) 11 14.10%
Macroalgae Export 28 35.90%
Water Changes Only 25 32.05%
Skimming Only 31 39.74%
Other (Please post) 17 21.79%
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Old 09-27-2010, 08:08 PM
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Currently I'm running ultralith but I only dose every 3 days and frankly I'm not seeing much action from that. To lower phosphates I run phosban and to lower nitrates I do weekly waterchanges. My phosphates run about 0.015ppm (Deltec kit) and nitrates 2.5ppm (Salifert kit)
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