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Old 01/01/2008, 08:23 PM
Mikro Mikro is offline
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Is mangrove or cheatomorph better for nityrate control?

Which is better?
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Old 01/01/2008, 08:31 PM
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I would think cheato. It tends to grow quite fast in my tank. I have one mangrove and it grows very slow, though it is very young.
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Old 01/01/2008, 08:33 PM
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I had both for awhile a couple years ago. At that time I read that 30 small mangroves will export the same amount of phosphates and nitrates as a baseball size clump of chaeto.
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Old 01/01/2008, 08:42 PM
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i saw a study for mangroves once and it showed they have min. effects in lowering nitrates... im gonna have to find it. but anyways i have both in my tank and i feel that the mangroves are just fun to have and i didnt notice a difference when i added it to my tank, however when i added the cheato i did notice a difference. you really would need a lot of mangrove pods to notice anything i think.
 


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