LR and filters

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Originally Posted by zulu_principle

Dont the nitrosomonas bacteria need ammonia to produce the nitrite.

After the initial die off, does the excess ammonia from your system end up in the filter ??

A little confused, please help.


Wendell

Are you saying that you have 0 amonia in a tank with fish and such in it? that would be statisticaly impossable. you will always have some amonia from fish waist ect. the backteria will stabalize themselves at a population which can effectivly use the amonia up as it is introduced to the system. then the "other" bacteria that breaks down nitrates will take care of them.. these bacteria need no light and the de-nitrifaction actualy takes place in the dark O2 depleated pours of the rock ect where there is no light.

even if the fist stage needs some sort of light they will still be in the tank water whare they do get light and will release nitrates into the water colume. the filter willsuck this water in and expose the bacteria that are living in the dark O2 depleted areas of the LR to it.

Steve