Hi, new to the forum and I have some questions.
What are all the stuff that ATS can absorb from the water? is toxic metals included like copper for example? and also I want to know what exports that Algae gives back to the water.
What does ATS absorb?
Hi, new to the forum and I have some questions.
What are all the stuff that ATS can absorb from the water? is toxic metals included like copper for example? and also I want to know what exports that Algae gives back to the water.
Metals including copper. And ammonia/ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, CO2, phenols, pesticides and other poisons.
Puts into water vitamins, amino acids, carbohydrates, oxygen.
Have you come across algae being able to remove organically bound nitrogen or phosphate?
That would be heterotrophic, not autotrophic, and thus would not do any filtering. Everything alive in your tank already does that.
How is cyanobacteria classified?
Thanks for the reply, I just started a new reef tank, I will try to set up a small ATS because of the limited space.Originally Posted by SantaMonica
Cyano is autotrophic; it consumes N and P. It's also up there with diatoms for being the most abundant living biomass in the oceans.
I have slow water movement in the refugium that leads to Cyano growth, do you think that is going to affect the display tank in the long term, I am asking because I read somewhere that Cyano produce toxins, I see a lot of micro organisms where the Cyano is that I think they are feeding on it,That is why I want to leave it alone since I am not sure if it is bad or good thing.
I have come across evidence that cyanobacteria consumes dissolved organics as well. It is primarily autotrophic but suspect is is not a black and white classification.
It probably is a bit mixotrophic, and dino's are.
Anyway, having some in the sump won't hurt anything. You can vacuum it out.
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