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bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	are any of the chemicals out their really work on reducing ammonia nitrate and nitrie? if so what is you recamendation?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	There are no chemicals that will reduce the levels. The only thing that does that are water changes. However, there are some products out there that claim to bind to the molecules and therefore render them inert (Ammo-Lock comes to mind), although I have never used these and therefore cannot comment on their effectiveness. I do know, however, that Ammo-Lock does not remove the ammonia from the water, and therefore it would still show up on tests even if it had been rendered inert. Basically, the only sure fire way is to do regular WCs. Joe Potato
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Like joe said, chemical wise not really. The nitrAte absorbers that you generally see are geared towards SW tanks. Absorbing ammonia IMO is really rather silly since that's why you cycle a tank. After waterchanges the only thing that really works for reducing nitrAtes is to use fast growing plants like hornwort or water wisteria. I've used ammo-lock in the past after medicating a tank. None of the fish seemed to suffer, but that's not really proof that it helped any. ^_^
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19


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