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Seachem Matrix with Denitrate or Refugium with Chaeto?? What would be better??


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So you're using Matrix and planning to either do a refugium with chaeto or add seachem denitrate somehow?

Denitrate is just bigger matrix, by the way.  Depending on the size of your setup it will really depend, especially with how you plan to do either of these, but in general any type of refugium with chaeto is probably going to be better. 

 

As the chaeto grows and you toss clumps of it out you'll be removing whatever the chaeto was using the grow (nitrates, phosphates).  This can require a good bit of it, and if you can manage this it should do okay. 

 

The Denitrate is only going to remove nitrates at most, really, and is going to need some careful placement to ensure it is fostering anaerobic bacteria.

 

Do you have a sump?

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On 8/29/2019 at 12:15 AM, bpipher said:

So you're using Matrix and planning to either do a refugium with chaeto or add seachem denitrate somehow?

Denitrate is just bigger matrix, by the way.  Depending on the size of your setup it will really depend, especially with how you plan to do either of these, but in general any type of refugium with chaeto is probably going to be better. 

 

As the chaeto grows and you toss clumps of it out you'll be removing whatever the chaeto was using the grow (nitrates, phosphates).  This can require a good bit of it, and if you can manage this it should do okay. 

 

The Denitrate is only going to remove nitrates at most, really, and is going to need some careful placement to ensure it is fostering anaerobic bacteria.

 

Do you have a sump?

Yes I do have a sump. 

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