sstanle4
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You will have to add an ammonia source to get it going. The water alone can't do that. The nitrates that youre getting are from the water, not the bacteria on your rock or other hard surfaces. If you put in fresh salt water now you would be back to 0 nitrates. You want the ammonia to convert to nitrites and THOSE to convert to your very own nitrates.