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Old 12-30-2007   #2 (permalink)
Russell Peters
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Salt will not help with the ammonia but it will help when you get nitrites. Your filter will cycle more slowly in colder temperatures.
I would watch your ammonia to make sure that it does not go above 0.10. You can control your ammonia level by adding ClorAm-X. Add it slowly because you do not want to make the ammonia go away as your filter needs some to cycle. I would also add some nitifying bacteria as well.

Maybe you should wait to add all of them until you see that your new filter is kicking in.

Last edited by Russell Peters; 12-30-2007 at 05:32 AM..
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