Articles tagged: N:P-ratio
- 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.
- Deep dive
Iron and dinoflagellates
Why the absolute level of iron is a misleading starting point for managing dinoflagellates — the competition model, biological mechanism and practical steps.
- Basics
Phosphate — the first thing a new hobbyist should measure
What happens when phosphate is absent, what happens when there is too much, the target range, measurement methods and three rules to remember.
- Deep dive
Phosphate deep dive — biochemistry, the skeleton and open questions
Phosphate forms in water, phosphate as the cell's fundamental molecule, the one-way path into the skeleton, calcification inhibition biochemistry, particulate phosphate and Liebig vs. Redfield.
- Practice
Phosphate in practice — measurement, target values, management
Target values by tank type, N:P ratio, GFO trace element removal data, raising and lowering phosphate, and the zero-zero trap from a phosphate perspective.