Quote:
Originally Posted by Belgian Anthias
It is a proven fact that a situation is created which will shift the carrying capacity of the system from autotropic ammonia reduction to heterotrophic ammonia reduction. This is proven by hundreds or thousands of different labtests and practical experience using biofilters,aquaculture and aquaria systems all over the world. This shift may result in 0% nitrification capacity depending of the maintained C:N ratio.
|
There's absolutely no reason to believe that any aquarium ever has reached the level of carbon input that would cause a problem. There is weak evidence to the contrary.