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RE: Photoreduction of iron and other elements
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: RE: Photoreduction of iron and other elements
- From: Greg Morin <greg at seachem_com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:38:45 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <200002150848.DAA27340 at actwin_com>
- References: <200002150848.DAA27340 at actwin_com>
James Purchase wrote:
>Mmmmmm...... I don't know how scientifically valid it is to claim that algae
>cannot use gluconate bound iron based upon the sales volume of a product....
>in my mind, it doesn't follow at all (even though the supposition that algae
>cannot use gluconate bound iron may very well be true). The sales figure for
>the product say more for the effectiveness of the advertising behind it than
>they do for anything else. <g>
Well, maybe I did over generalize it a bit ;-) Perhaps not _proof_
but I would say it is consistent with a model wherein algae do not
utilize gluconate bound iron more rapidly than plants. I say this
because if algae did utilize gluconate bound iron more rapidly than
plants, then this product would not work; 99% of the people who would
have used it would have had an algae outbreak, hence killing sales
quite quickly (there's a lot to be said for word of mouth vs
advertising ;-). Of course this ignores the fact that we would never
have even tried to sell a product that would do this ;-)
-Greg Morin
Gregory Morin, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~Research Director~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seachem Laboratories, Inc. www.seachem.com 888-SEACHEM
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