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Originally Posted by taricha
This paper argues precisely that P out of balance too low makes coral more susceptible to bleaching. Cool that you seem to be confirming this in a tank setting.
"P starvation reduces the photosynthetic capacity (Fv/Fm < 0.5) and renders the corals susceptible to heat/light stress. Alternatively, P starvation might result when zooxanthellae growing under nutrient replete conditions are deprived of P while nitrogen levels remain high." |
Very interesting! What would happen in high P04, low N03 water? That what I got in my tank, nitrates undetectable (<0.25ppm), phosphates 0.09ppm (Hanna ULR).