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lolPrey tell.... Prove it with facts not theory. I'm all ears.
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lolPrey tell.... Prove it with facts not theory. I'm all ears.
I hope you recall that was a reference to a now old thread when you were trying to help a newb understand that 0:0 nutrients are NOT the goal.Troll alert
Sounds familiar hahaI hope you recall that was a reference to a now old thread when you were trying to help a newb understand that 0:0 nutrients are NOT the goal.
Yes and I offered to loan you my shears so you could hack back that excessive fur on your sticks so we could see what they really look like.Sounds familiar haha
Let me guess…I then showed pics of colorful Tenuis with nice PE and +25no3/0.20po4??? Shocker
Prove that the Redfield ratio has nothing to do with our tanks? OK - 1. We measure Nitrate and Phosphate - not N and P. 2. Lets pretend the 'goal' ratio is 10:1 N. So - if you're nitrate is 100 and PO4 10 - thats the same ratio as if your Nitrate is 1 and your phostpate is 0.1. They both have the same 'ratio' - are they both the same?. 3. As others have said - and I said - the Redfield ratio is the N in phytoplankton (originally)Prey tell.... Prove it with facts not theory. I'm all ears.
The thing is that 10 to 1 ratio is wrong for phosphate and nitrate in our tank. It is more like 10ppm to 0.05ppm which is 200 to 1Prove that the Redfield ratio has nothing to do with our tanks? OK - 1. We measure Nitrate and Phosphate - not N and P. 2. Lets pretend the 'goal' ratio is 10:1 N. So - if you're nitrate is 100 and PO4 10 - thats the same ratio as if your Nitrate is 1 and your phostpate is 0.1. They both have the same 'ratio' - are they both the same?. 3. As others have said - and I said - the Redfield ratio is the N in phytoplankton (originally)
The numbers were just made up - to show an example. Not a recommendationThe thing is that 10 to 1 ratio is wrong for phosphate and nitrate in our tank. It is more like 10ppm to 0.05ppm which is 200 to 1
My point is the ratio is not even close to 10 to 1The numbers were just made up - to show an example. Not a recommendation
My point is that the numbers were just an example. Not what the Redfield ratio was. BTW - The N/P Redfield ratio is 16:1. "The Redfield Ratio is the recurring ratio of 106:16:1 of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus (C/N/P) found in marine phytoplankton."My point is the ratio is not even close to 10 to 1
And we often forget that this ratio refers to phosphorus, while we all talk in terms of phosphates. So if you are messing with this, don't forget the 3.0661 adjustment factor.My point is that the numbers were just an example. Not what the Redfield ratio was. BTW - The N/P Redfield ratio is 16:1. "The Redfield Ratio is the recurring ratio of 106:16:1 of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus (C/N/P) found in marine phytoplankton."
My point is that the numbers were just an example. Not what the Redfield ratio was. BTW - The N/P Redfield ratio is 16:1. "The Redfield Ratio is the recurring ratio of 106:16:1 of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus (C/N/P) found in marine phytoplankton."
And we often forget that this ratio refers to phosphorus, while we all talk in terms of phosphates. So if you are messing with this, don't forget the 3.0661 adjustment factor.
To hell with the Redfield ratio. Being a building contractor and one who has built their own home from the ground up. I want to know more about how one would draw water off their septic system.Plenty of people keep acros in water they draw off of their septic system. There was a whole thread about it this weekend. Beautiful, bright acros.