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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V5 #81



>Thanks for responding. So basiclly what your saying is if I can trust my test
>kit then whatever amount of iron that is being used up is going to the
>plants/algae?

For the most part yes, but there will be a limited amount of 
oxidation/precipiation occuring. The extent to which that occurs will 
vary from tank to tank depending on a variety of factors (pH, redox, 
organic content, oxygen content, etc). However even iron that is 
precipitated will fall to the substrate where eventually it will be 
used by the plants and not by algae.
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