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Unread 01/04/2018, 02:20 PM   #44
bertoni
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Originally Posted by Belgian Anthias View Post
The way it is done is irrelevant?
That's my opinion.
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When dosing is interrupted or stopped the system needs time to reinstall sufficient autotrophic carrying capacity bringing the system in an unbalanced and possible very dangerous situation.
The system might or might not require much time to recover an ammonia-processing capacity. I don't see why this is relevant. If you're worried, just back off slowly on carbon dosing. That's what I generally recommend.

I'm not sure what you mean by "unbalanced". Balanced with respect to what? I also disagree about carbon dosing being particularly dangerous. I haven't seen any evidence of that since the dosing guidelines were created.


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