Does live rock remove nitrates?

[reptile guy]

And how often would you dose that and is that what you do with your tank? Would be an interesting experiment even though my nitrates so far have always been low

Originally Posted by sphelps

I believe the rule of thumb is 1ml per 100 gallons.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sphelps

If you're looking for some good information on the subject try researching waste water treatment, denitrification is a necessary part of this. There's not a whole lot out there for info regarding this in the aquarium.

Hmm, I'm actually a factory trained water quality technician, however wastewater treatment and natural denitrification in live rock are two different environments. The books I mentioned above though, are wastewater management related. As soon as I dig them out, I'll start reading. Limnology will also give us some clues about natural anaerobic/anoxic zones, so those books need to come out too. Maybe I shoulda just bought some rock and shut up

[Aquattro]

not done reading this yet, but so far looks like an interesting article from Dr. Ron

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-0...ture/index.php

[reptile guy]

I remember hearing someone saying about dosing your tank with sugar but don't know how effective that would actually be or if that would work along the same lines as vodka. Rather use the vodka to get me drunk and not my fishes

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Maybe I shoulda just bought some rock and shut up

yes if you don't mind so your tank will get set up faster and you know what fish can make it to your new tank.

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by reptile guy

I remember hearing someone saying about dosing your tank with sugar but don't know how effective that would actually be or if that would work along the same lines as vodka. Rather use the vodka to get me drunk and not my fishes

be very careful with dosing vodka. it can crash your tank very quickly by providing too much nutrient to a certain strain of bacteria which will then start covering your rocks with slimey bacteria.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

yes if you don't mind so your tank will get set up faster and you know what fish can make it to your new tank.

Zactly why I'm getting this going!!!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

not done reading this yet, but so far looks like an interesting article from Dr. Ron

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-0...ture/index.php

So this seems to answer some of the questions, while posing some new ones. Coraline growth and population of creatures within the rock can influence filtration capacity. Hmm. Tony, review the parts about "good rock" vs. "bad rock"....

[reptile guy]

Well don't know if I would actually go through with it cause so far everything in my tank is looking good and don't have much in the way of nitrates but always interesting to hear some of the different things people have tried and the reasons why


QUOTE=Chin_Lee;282682]be very careful with dosing vodka. it can crash your tank very quickly by providing too much nutrient to a certain strain of bacteria which will then start covering your rocks with slimey bacteria.[/quote]

[mark]

Seems to make sense if the rock became encrusted with corals or coralline would have an effect.