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evilhorde · 02-15-2012, 04:42 AM

I really wish I could find that article. The claim it made was that the leaf breaking down used the nitrates present in the tank , lowering them "just the same as decomposition in a compost". I don't know anything about composting either, I just recall that snippet.

02-15-2012, 04:42 AM	#3
evilhorde Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Duncan, BC, Canada Posts: 111	I really wish I could find that article. The claim it made was that the leaf breaking down used the nitrates present in the tank , lowering them "just the same as decomposition in a compost". I don't know anything about composting either, I just recall that snippet.