404 Fluval throw it off the balcony party!

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by bongy

But he is using it in FW. You WANT it to be a nitrate factory!

What am I missing here??

In neither fw or sw does one want high nitrates, unless it was a planted tank where the plants would utilize the nitrate (and phosphate) from the decomposing crap. My sw tanks all have some sort of macroalgae utilizing nutrients and even with weekly media cleaning/15% water changes, I still have detectable nitrate, usually about 10-15 ppm.