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| View Poll Results: How do YOU keep Nitrates and Phosphates low? | |||
| Zeovit | 
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	    9 | 11.54% | 
| Ultralith | 
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	    3 | 3.85% | 
| DSB | 
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	    5 | 6.41% | 
| Vodka Dosing | 
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	    7 | 8.97% | 
| Vitamin C Dosing | 
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	    0 | 0% | 
| Other Carbon Dosing (Vinegar, sugar, etc) | 
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	    11 | 14.10% | 
| Macroalgae Export | 
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	    28 | 35.90% | 
| Water Changes Only | 
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	    25 | 32.05% | 
| Skimming Only | 
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	    31 | 39.74% | 
| Other (Please post) | 
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	    17 | 21.79% | 
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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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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