Let me start by saying that anaerobic bacteria has been around ~600million years and have evolved for longer that aerobic bacteria. They have developed ways of striping oxygen from molecules like nitrates, phosphates and sulfates to maintain their metabolism.
How many of you use this through dosing to reduce nitrates and phosphates.
While I am a firm believer in using the tools at hand (Bacteria) I have found that most don't understand how it works.
Nitrates are reduced when they are converted from NO3 to N2 and N2 can be degassed.
Phosphates on the other hand don't react the same way. They are reduced to phosphine PH3 or Phosphoric acid H3PO4 and react with free oxygen to create phosphates. This keeps the entire process inside of the block/rock until it is saturated. This process reduces the phosphate initially but does not remove it from our systems. How do we solve this?
How many of you use this through dosing to reduce nitrates and phosphates.
While I am a firm believer in using the tools at hand (Bacteria) I have found that most don't understand how it works.
Nitrates are reduced when they are converted from NO3 to N2 and N2 can be degassed.
Phosphates on the other hand don't react the same way. They are reduced to phosphine PH3 or Phosphoric acid H3PO4 and react with free oxygen to create phosphates. This keeps the entire process inside of the block/rock until it is saturated. This process reduces the phosphate initially but does not remove it from our systems. How do we solve this?