Nutrients

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Time to learn about "nutrients"

Organic Nutrients: Food, Fish Waste. Another name for Organic Nutrients is Organic Nitrate (NO3) and Organic Phosphate (PO4). Hobby test kits cannot test for these.

Inorganic Nutrients: Inorganic Nitrate (NO3) and Inorganic Phosphate (PO4). These are invisible, but they are what hobby test kits test for.


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Text Version: Nutrients, part 2

Food --> fish,corals --> Organic Nitrate, Organic Phosphate.

Organic Nitrate, Organic Phosphate --> Bacteria --> Inorganic Nitrate, Inorganic Phosphate.

Inorganic Nitrate, Inorganic Phosphate --> Algae --> Oxygen
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Text Version: Nutrients, part 4

Our Tanks: High Inorganic Nutrients, Low Organic Nutrients.
The Ocean: Low Inorganic Nutrients, High Organic Nutrients.



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Text Version: Nutrients, part 5

When Food Decomposes

Food ==> Bacteria ==> Inorganic Nitrate and Inorganic Phosphate ==>

==> Algae growth on your rocks and glass eats most of the
Inorganic Nitrate and Inorganic Phosphate.

==> The remaining Inorganic Nitrate and Inorganic Phosphate
stays in your water, which is what you read when you test.




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Updating March 2024