Aquarium Forum - View Single Post

NursePlaty · 07-02-2010, 10:38 AM

According to me and my tank. I believe the most lies in the tank itself maybe 80%-90% in the tank and the rest in the filter. I never do gravel vacuums and never touch it but I change my filter cartridge every 3 weeks. The plants surface area, tanks surface area, and substrates surface area all added togeter has far more surface area my the media. Also, the waste and dead leaves fall to the floor rather than being sucked up in the water column. The BB all lie within the mulm to break it down. Or otherwise.. my ammonia and nitrite would be off the charts rather than getting nitrate.

07-02-2010, 10:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
NursePlaty Queen Platy NursePlaty's Photo Gallery Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 932 Name: Annie Pham Location: Dallas Ft Worth, Texas Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 266 Times Said "Thanks" 41 Times Was Thanked 186 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Nitrifying Bacteria According to me and my tank. I believe the most lies in the tank itself maybe 80%-90% in the tank and the rest in the filter. I never do gravel vacuums and never touch it but I change my filter cartridge every 3 weeks. The plants surface area, tanks surface area, and substrates surface area all added togeter has far more surface area my the media. Also, the waste and dead leaves fall to the floor rather than being sucked up in the water column. The BB all lie within the mulm to break it down. Or otherwise.. my ammonia and nitrite would be off the charts rather than getting nitrate. __________________ 55gallon Light - 6500K CFL, 23wattsx5 5hr/day Substrate - Red Mexican Clay, Sphagnum Peat moss, Eco-Complete Misc- Pressurized CO2, EI Dose KNO3, KH2PO4, CSM-B Plants -Limnophila Aromatica, Stargrass, Dwarf Hair Grass, Christmas Moss, Baby Tears (HM), Dwarf Baby Tears(HC), Rotala Rotundifolia, Ludwigia Glandulosa, Riccia Fluitans