Articles tagged: iron
- Deep dive
Trace elements, macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients in the reef aquarium
A comprehensive guide to all ICP-OES element groups — macroelements, dynamic elements and the relevance line explained in practical terms.
- Deep dive
Refugium — microfauna, trace element chemistry and biological balance
Copepod ecology under predation pressure, macroalgae trace element mechanisms, DOC dynamics, the refugium's role in competitive ecology and the microbial loop.
- Deep dive
Dinoflagellates — ecology, toxins and biological control
Why dinos are opportunists not invaders, Shewanella bacterium's algicidal activity, Dictyota allelopathy, ovatoxin biochemistry, cysts and why the biological control system collapses in aquariums.
- Deep dive
Iron and dinoflagellates
Why the absolute level of iron is a misleading starting point for managing dinoflagellates — the competition model, biological mechanism and practical steps.
- Basics
Trace elements in the reef aquarium — why they matter
The biological role of trace elements, the most important ones, and ICP-based dosing in the reef aquarium.