Instant Ocean, not Reef Crystals. They did give you a free box of RC. You can buy a 5 year supply of baking soda and driveway melt for $20 if you want to make your IO look like RC. Earlier in the week, the RC was 60-62, IIRC, so it has gone back up.
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Here's one from NOAA: "Most importantly, zooxanthellae supply the coral with glucose, glycerol, and amino acids, which are the products of photosynthesis."I have read it. If your point is that this seems weird, I agree, which is why I did a double take when I read it. Most that specify say glucose, but many just say sugar and leave it at that. This could be a translation thing, for sure. I will hollar when I see another article.
Probably a good idea to use the right terms and avoid sugar.
Here's one from NOAA: "Most importantly, zooxanthellae supply the coral with glucose, glycerol, and amino acids, which are the products of photosynthesis."
Zooxanthellae: Corals Tutorial
National Ocean Service's Education Online tutorial on Corals?oceanservice.noaa.gov
The bacteria release CO2 as they metabolize it.I'm not sure why the pH would drop with vodka
The bacteria release CO2 as they metabolize it.
But the alkalinity should buffer that, right? Most of the carbohydrates are used to build new bacteria, right? I'm just curious that pH would drop much at all (unless there was a severe bacteria bloom of some kind - and even that it should rapidly equilibrate with the room air CO2? I'm not trying to argue, just curiousThe bacteria release CO2 as they metabolize it.
Shouldn’t the vinegar pH drop be double the vodka? The vinegar itself contains H, and the bacteria release CO2 while they consume it?The overall pH drop in a closed system should be the same for vinegar and vodka metabolism since the same amount of CO2 is formed from each singe molecule, but vinegar has it drop immediately (from dissociation of the acetic acid) and less later (from production of CO2), while vodka has it all spread out later (making many folks not even notice it).
CH3CH2OH (vodka) + 3O2 --> 2CO2 + 3H2O
CH3CO2H (vinegar) + 2O2 --> 2CO2 + 2H2O
But the alkalinity should buffer that, right? Most of the carbohydrates are used to build new bacteria, right? I'm just curious that pH would drop much at all (unless there was a severe bacteria bloom of some kind - and even that it should rapidly equilibrate with the room air CO2? I'm not trying to argue, just curious
Shouldn’t the vinegar pH drop be double the vodka? The vinegar itself contains H, and the bacteria release CO2 while they consume it?
Hmm. I always wondered if I could use zooxanthellae on my cereal, LOL.No mention of sucrose, however.
It's a little tricky to search for since sucrose is used during purifications and other things in many papers relating to zooxanthellae.
Thank you so much. I understand and bookmarked this in case someone has the same question in the future.If we rewrite the vinegar equation in steps, we see that while the H+ release instantly drops pH, the subsequent conversion of the acetate to CO2 only produces half the amount of CO2:
CH3CO2H --> H+ + CH3CO2- (that lowers pH instantly by one H+ per acetic acid))
then we oxidize the acetate:
CH3CO2- + 2O2 --> 1CO2 + 1 HCO3- + 1 H2O
That oxidation has only one CO2 added, instead of 2. The HCO3- does not have much effect on pH since it mostly stays as bicarbonate.
Thus, half of the vinegar pH drop is shown instantly, and about half is shown later when CO2 is made, while vodka does it all later.
yeah its high, but i just realized in my pictures the bottom pic is from June and the top pic is from last week. after June I added a strong pump to my Sump and increased flow in the display. Good to see the color getting lighter, which is what i was hoping for.Yes, you have nitrates. lol
When you get to a certain level, the actual number doesn’t make much difference. It becomes a pass/fail system.
So yes, the nitrate result is definetly positive. lol
It‘s about 100ppm according to that test.
Have you decided on the method you are going to take to reduce them? You received a lot of different options and opinions in this thread.yeah its high, but i just realized in my pictures the bottom pic is from June and the top pic is from last week. after June I added a strong pump to my Sump and increased flow in the display. Good to see the color getting lighter, which is what i was hoping for.
First just focusing on doing a 120gallon waterchange and then I'll probably dose Vodka since I think i can do it by hand daily. I want to make dosing vodka a temporary thing so thinking about doing a remote sand bed but not sure where to get the sand volume I need. I have maybe 40 Lbs thats needs to be cleaned but I can add any brute container in the sump and that I am sure will help overtime. I also brought most of the components for a diy scrubber I just dont know if i trust myself to make it good and feel it may impact my tank negatively since my tank grows alot of algae already it just serves a food source for alot of hungry animals. I probably would have been better of had i started the tank with a big refugium or something but going Barebottom I just didnt think id have a nutrient problem.Have you decided on the method you are going to take to reduce them? You received a lot of different options and opinions in this thread.