Does live rock remove nitrates?

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

No, no O2 is anoxic, low O2 will creat anaerobic. For our purposes, my understanding of the article says this is sufficient within "good rock". Additionally, if you google "denitrification in live rock" you'll get lots of hits to articles that claim"oh ya, lr does do that, although without anything to back it up.

Actually I believe the difference is anoxic simply means no oxygen as stated but anaerobic means without oxygen and refers more to organisms living without oxygen or replacing oxygen.