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Unread 11/26/2013, 07:57 PM   #52
Timfish
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Check your phosphates. You can kill corals a lot faster by having phosphates a little to low than having phosphates way to high. Here's an interesting qoute by Chalres Delbeek "When I see the colors of some of these low nutrient tanks, I can't help but be reminded of bleached corals reefs . . . Our crystal clear aquaria do not come close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs." For more reading:

Phosphate uptake in corals http://jeb.biologists.org/content/214/16/2749.full
Ammonium uptake: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conten...00004/art00011
Nitrate uptake: http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_48/issue_6/2266.html
Fish as major carbonate producers http://www.pnas.org/content/108/10/3865
Effects of Anemone fish on anemones: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...9#.UpS4pyeJ7Mo


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