After seeing the recent results posted (thanks all for sharing) a couple of questions spring to mind.
1) How typical is the “typical” reference system results? Are they from an average of tanks of varying age, coral types, started dead rock/ bac, started with live Indo or Caribbean rock?
2) As far as I understand it various corals/ algae will consume different molecules preferentially depending on levels available, some NH4, NH3, NO3 (forgive me if I’m wrong on those) so would this shift the microbe balance As levels they consume may vary?
3) How would a biome balance shift depending on the levels of fish waste produced in a tank? one of the results recently published was from a low fish load high algae tank, to me that may cause a shift from nitrifying bacteria to other types.. purely on what food sources are available, I could be totally wrong as I’ve had to simplify it in my mind...
1) How typical is the “typical” reference system results? Are they from an average of tanks of varying age, coral types, started dead rock/ bac, started with live Indo or Caribbean rock?
2) As far as I understand it various corals/ algae will consume different molecules preferentially depending on levels available, some NH4, NH3, NO3 (forgive me if I’m wrong on those) so would this shift the microbe balance As levels they consume may vary?
3) How would a biome balance shift depending on the levels of fish waste produced in a tank? one of the results recently published was from a low fish load high algae tank, to me that may cause a shift from nitrifying bacteria to other types.. purely on what food sources are available, I could be totally wrong as I’ve had to simplify it in my mind...