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Old 03-06-2008, 11:10 AM   #11
Madam Macaw
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Originally Posted by JustOneMore20
Anything below 40 is safe. People with plants usually keep them in the 5-10ppm range because you want to have some for the plants to take in, but you don't want too much....and the plants lower them, so it stays in that range (or 5-20). So its completely safe to have them around 10-20. In my high tech planted tanks I actually add nitrates so the plants have something to take in.
Thanks - I feel much better now.
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