Articles tagged: microbiome
- Practice
Cyanobacteria in the aquarium — identification and treatment
Identification, cause hierarchy — nutrients, flow, light, DOC — and treatment protocol from chemical to antibiotic.
- Deep dive
Cyanobacteria — Earth's oldest photosynthesiser in the reef ecosystem
Cyanobacterial evolution, nitrogen fixation, endoliths, holobiont role, toxins and allelopathy — the biological reality behind the practice article.
- Practice
Laboratory tests in the reef aquarium — from chemical analysis to biological testing
ICP-MS, SAC254, N-DOC and microbiome DNA sequencing — what a home test cannot reach and when a laboratory is justified.
- Practice
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) — the invisible parameter that explains tank health
What DOC is, how SAC254 measures it, why refractory fractions accumulate in closed systems, and how ozonation, activated carbon and skimming affect DOC cycling.
- Deep dive
Carbon dosing — biochemistry, the microbiome and open questions
Two distinct biological mechanisms, DOC's effect on microbiome composition, biopellets and PHB, and the questions science cannot yet answer.
- Practice
The microbiome as the tank's foundation
What the microbiome is, what it does, how DOC and oxygen drive microbial balance — and why the hobbyist's daily choices affect it more than most realise.