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Re: UGF/nutrient oxidation
> From: "Tom Brennan" <brennans at ix_netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: Sand in the substrate... (with UGF plate) , Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #1409
>
> Many
> nutrient
> ions will be oxidized to unavailable forms with all that well-oxygenated
> water flowing through the substrate, and the plants will suffer.
Here we go again. The _only_ ion about which one should be
concerned is iron. The others either are in their most oxidised form
anyway, or don't have a more oxidised form that can be reached under
the conditions in an aquarium. See the archives.
I have one tank with a UGF. It has been fine for years.
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Paul Sears Ottawa, Canada