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Daddi0 · 03/08/2018, 02:42 PM

So the vinegar is not what lowers your nitrates/phosphates. It feeds bacteria and once you have a colony of bacteria growing, you lower N&P by skimming out the bacteria. I dont know if it has been shown that the bacteria actually consume the N&P. But like most living things they will be made up of approx. 16-1 N to P ratio. I personally lean towards the idea that the bacteria dont actually "eat" the N&P otherwise they would be present in all tanks and we would not have Nitrate/Phosphate issues.
Cheers! Mark

03/08/2018, 02:42 PM	#13
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	So the vinegar is not what lowers your nitrates/phosphates. It feeds bacteria and once you have a colony of bacteria growing, you lower N&P by skimming out the bacteria. I dont know if it has been shown that the bacteria actually consume the N&P. But like most living things they will be made up of approx. 16-1 N to P ratio. I personally lean towards the idea that the bacteria dont actually "eat" the N&P otherwise they would be present in all tanks and we would not have Nitrate/Phosphate issues. Cheers! Mark __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater