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The doubling time of pseudomonas is 1.5 hours. The doubling time of nitrifying bacteria is longer - 15- hours perhaps - some more some less. Zooplankton can increase by about 30 percent/day. The doubling times of zooxanthellae is rapid in culture (2 to 5 days), while it is between 10 to 70 days in hospite.I see your point here but idk if I'd say that bacteria (bad or not) grow any faster than all other photosynthetic organisms. Especially the good ones our corals actually love. Id go pretty far out on a limb to say that certain coraline, especially the coraline that my corals tend to love and want to drop babies and encrust etc. Ive observed this coraline cover almost entire areas of rock, in a period of about 24-48 hours. That had previously been covered in dinos. I think it does come down to conditions. Proper balance of nutrients like you and other have suggested.
I've also watched certain species of shrooms totally slime out brand new discs pretty much instantly before they decided to sprawl out and begin to walk. As opposed to other species of shrooms wont even open up or think about walking on brand new disc pretty much until that disc starts showing signs that coraline is going to grow.
I think we could look at species specific corals and learn alot. There's tons of variables. I love it
Thus, I would suggest that there is good information that some bacteria (heterotrophs - pseudomonas being one example) probably grow the fastest, followed by nitrifying bacteria, Archaea are a little longer, N2 producing longer still and then the the protozoa, etc etc