that's a difficult read.
yup, i remember coming across something somewhere that mentioned ammonia vs. ammonium. granted i payed more attention to the ph where it concerned optimum nitrate cycle.
they mentioned a high ph for ammonium is fine and dandy, but if your ph drops the chance of a catastrophe as the ammonium gets converted into ammonia likewise goes up. maybe it's unfounded fear, maybe all truth, with that in mind though i just decided to stay clear of the thought of excessive high ph (and the fish that want the high ph.
if ammonium does not convert though, all new ammonia that is produced does not have the required beneficial bacteria to deal with it, like cycling a new tank, only now it's fully stocked.
personally, not likely to happen in a reef tank with how hard the water is, change i'd think is very slow, but i'll still try to stay clear.
then again corals will try to strip the calcium out of the water, which could cascade in a domino effect (resulting in softer water and lower ph), hence the reliance on aragonite to keep things in check. as the water changes the aragonite substrate is dissolved back into the water column.
and the two kinds of calcium sources and how they react to different ph's, one dissolves at under 8.2, the other at over 8.2
honestly i don't know, maybe i'm spouting nothing real, i'll look into it more seriously to verify when i set up such a tank
yup, i remember coming across something somewhere that mentioned ammonia vs. ammonium. granted i payed more attention to the ph where it concerned optimum nitrate cycle.
they mentioned a high ph for ammonium is fine and dandy, but if your ph drops the chance of a catastrophe as the ammonium gets converted into ammonia likewise goes up. maybe it's unfounded fear, maybe all truth, with that in mind though i just decided to stay clear of the thought of excessive high ph (and the fish that want the high ph.
if ammonium does not convert though, all new ammonia that is produced does not have the required beneficial bacteria to deal with it, like cycling a new tank, only now it's fully stocked.
personally, not likely to happen in a reef tank with how hard the water is, change i'd think is very slow, but i'll still try to stay clear.
then again corals will try to strip the calcium out of the water, which could cascade in a domino effect (resulting in softer water and lower ph), hence the reliance on aragonite to keep things in check. as the water changes the aragonite substrate is dissolved back into the water column.
and the two kinds of calcium sources and how they react to different ph's, one dissolves at under 8.2, the other at over 8.2
honestly i don't know, maybe i'm spouting nothing real, i'll look into it more seriously to verify when i set up such a tank
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