So true, Steve!!! Hahaha!!
I guess all threads turn into academic discussions over time.
However, to pile it on higher, phosphate is typically imported in surprising amounts in most reef tanks via nutritional imports. And there's always a need to watch PO4 levels, even without an explicit import mechanism: bacterial action (to cite just one example) can liberate locked phosphorus in some of the 'inert' material used for aquascaping.
If this entire discussion might mislead some to think phosphates=bad, then a qualifiction may be in order. Phosphorus is vital to nearly all the livestock in a typical reef tank. As with many problems reef aquarists seek to address, it is a question of acceptable levels.
So.. how do you keep the venturi intake from crusting up?
I guess all threads turn into academic discussions over time.
However, to pile it on higher, phosphate is typically imported in surprising amounts in most reef tanks via nutritional imports. And there's always a need to watch PO4 levels, even without an explicit import mechanism: bacterial action (to cite just one example) can liberate locked phosphorus in some of the 'inert' material used for aquascaping.
If this entire discussion might mislead some to think phosphates=bad, then a qualifiction may be in order. Phosphorus is vital to nearly all the livestock in a typical reef tank. As with many problems reef aquarists seek to address, it is a question of acceptable levels.
So.. how do you keep the venturi intake from crusting up?
