Post by Carl on Jan 11, 2009 15:10:08 GMT -5
I did a large update on the Aquarium Redox article.
I cannot say that any one area alone is new, as I updated much of this article from the basics, to natural redox, aquarium redox, to the summary.
I added more reference links.
One point that I feel most interesting that I found and that is that even elements such as Calcium that are excellent reducers may deplete available electrons thereby rendering a GH test that indicates ample or even high amounts of calcium inaccurate for the purpose of measuring Redox. This has major implications as to a constant supply of fresh calcium that has electrons to give away to molecules in the fish cells that need them.
This also further disproves the point of many old aquarium myths about too high of a GH, as what your test is measuring may not be he whole picture (such as an ammonia test kit measuring ammonia which is 'bad' or ammonium which is 'good' if this comparison makes since).
The newest research I have read about Redox has me changing my views to this being a factor that maybe only serious aquarists should be aware of to one ALL aquarists should be aware of.
I highly recommend reading this article and feel that even a basic understanding can have important implications, as the more I read new research, the more it verifies many experiments I performed over the years for which I could not explain.
Aquarium Redox; the importance in fish heallth
Carl
I cannot say that any one area alone is new, as I updated much of this article from the basics, to natural redox, aquarium redox, to the summary.
I added more reference links.
One point that I feel most interesting that I found and that is that even elements such as Calcium that are excellent reducers may deplete available electrons thereby rendering a GH test that indicates ample or even high amounts of calcium inaccurate for the purpose of measuring Redox. This has major implications as to a constant supply of fresh calcium that has electrons to give away to molecules in the fish cells that need them.
This also further disproves the point of many old aquarium myths about too high of a GH, as what your test is measuring may not be he whole picture (such as an ammonia test kit measuring ammonia which is 'bad' or ammonium which is 'good' if this comparison makes since).
The newest research I have read about Redox has me changing my views to this being a factor that maybe only serious aquarists should be aware of to one ALL aquarists should be aware of.
I highly recommend reading this article and feel that even a basic understanding can have important implications, as the more I read new research, the more it verifies many experiments I performed over the years for which I could not explain.
Aquarium Redox; the importance in fish heallth
Carl
