Thread: Algae Disaster
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Old 12/28/2007, 04:01 PM
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What is your pH? Sometimes with a large influx of organix matter you'll get a pH drop which can shock your bacteria. You might try adding some bacteria to "restart" your biofilter. Your nitrates likely are low because the nitrites are not being coverted at a high rate.