sixty_reefer
5000 Club Member
What will be the most beneficial type of nutrients for a reef aquarium organic or inorganic?
Looking at how ULN system work and other bacteria driven methods, I would think organic would be the most beneficial nutrients to have available although we can’t test at home for organic nutrient I also seem to think that in ULN system and other bacteria driven methods that the goal is to deplete inorganic’s and make organic nutrients more available for coral growth. Depleting inorganic to a point, there is many adverse results in having them fully depleted I believe.
I also seem to think that at the beginning of a aquarium maturing process inorganic nutrients may be detrimental to the system as there isn’t enough coral to assimilate those organic nutrients and nuisance algaes may take up the excess organic nutrient and grow drastically during those first months/years of a system.
From what I am aware we can only test for organic nutrients through ICP for phosphorus and N-Doc for Carbon and Nitrogen is there other ways to calculate phosphorus and nitrogen besides this two method?
And in addition what would be the best methods to lower organic nutrients in a system?
would macro algaes be the only reliable way to lower organic nutrients?
How could we be sure if testing isn’t easily available?
Looking at how ULN system work and other bacteria driven methods, I would think organic would be the most beneficial nutrients to have available although we can’t test at home for organic nutrient I also seem to think that in ULN system and other bacteria driven methods that the goal is to deplete inorganic’s and make organic nutrients more available for coral growth. Depleting inorganic to a point, there is many adverse results in having them fully depleted I believe.
I also seem to think that at the beginning of a aquarium maturing process inorganic nutrients may be detrimental to the system as there isn’t enough coral to assimilate those organic nutrients and nuisance algaes may take up the excess organic nutrient and grow drastically during those first months/years of a system.
From what I am aware we can only test for organic nutrients through ICP for phosphorus and N-Doc for Carbon and Nitrogen is there other ways to calculate phosphorus and nitrogen besides this two method?
And in addition what would be the best methods to lower organic nutrients in a system?
would macro algaes be the only reliable way to lower organic nutrients?
How could we be sure if testing isn’t easily available?
