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I'm probably about to be in the same boat. Up till now I've had to dose nitrates every day just to get them above zero. Just did a massive rescape and have a 5 gallon bucket full of driftwood and plants. Took about 80% of my plant mass out. Did that yesterday and my nitrates are already at about 3ppm this morning without having to dose anything.