Advice on Nitrate/Phosphate problems

[Ruth]

HeHe or powerheads or skimmers or or or.......... It's funny. I think that lots of different things and methods work. I have my preferred and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. I try to read and make informed decisions but then you go and look at someone's tank that does like 2 water changes a year - in a good year - and they have a beautiful tank while I am struggling with nitrates or heat or phosphate. Man go figure.