Nitrate reducing filter pads

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They work do a degree BUT... IMHO I would find out why you have a NitrAte issue and maybe up your water changes. I have an issue with NitrAtes and found that my 25% weekly's weren't enough so now I'm doing 50% wc and that is holding.
 
I figure it is from my tap water. I read somewhere that for a fowlr 40ppm was fine but the other day someone said it should be zero or 5ppm at most
 
I figure it is from my tap water. I read somewhere that for a fowlr 40ppm was fine but the other day someone said it should be zero or 5ppm at most
For fish only systems trates "can" be higher than 40ppm..before i built my scrubber i had trates as high as 120 before,and they always seemed to hover around 50-60ppm ...
After the scrubber they are basically undetectable ..
 
+1 on the scrubber . I just added one last week for less than $40 . Better to reduce nitrates naturally then with pads or chemicals IMO .
 
I made it . I had a normal 55 gallon sump with 3 sections . I removed everything except the skimmer section and adapted a pipe from my overflow box into a scrubber. I don't even know if you can buy them.
 
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