Does my system bioload realy can handle al that ?

[sixty_reefer]

I think you are mistaking it for nopox.

No mistake here, it says on the bottle “dissolved and suspended carbohydrates” and yes fish food also contain carbohydrates this is were most of the heterotrophic bacteria gets their C nutrient from. Reef actif is also carbohydrates and it’s sold as a bacteria food supplement. Molasses for example are also just carbohydrates the only difference between carbohydrates and the usual methods that you are aware to carbon dose is that the polymer have longer chains and not all bacteria can use it as easily. You can check this with Randy.

Edit: ive demonstrated in other threads that it’s possible to create blooms with just carbohydrates over dose. This are the C N P that I’ve spoken about in other threads as every system has a regular C import with food.
And reef food products are one of the larger causes in the hobby that create nutrient imbalances as most folks are not knowledgeable of their effects.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Reef energy is just aminos, fatty acids, and carbs. That would be like saying fish food is carbon dosing. It would also be incredibly weak if it were considered a source of carbon dosing given that overdosing it will raise nitrates and will not promote a pelagic bacterial bloom.

I disagree. Amino acids can be easily converted by bacteria into glucose and ketone bodies which are both great carbon dosing sources. They also have an NH2 group that can be easily converted to ammonia and readily used by corals as nutrition so nitrates are not necessarily going up because corals are using the energy source more effectively. It would take a LOT to induce a bacterial bloom when using amino acids since they’re taken from the water column differentially by different organisms including coral.

Fish food contains complex protein, fat, and carbohydrate. It has to be broken down first generating a variety of waste and then the components can be used to generate energy.

Amino acids are already in simple form and can be readily used in a variety of different processes and again the breakdown byproducts should be easily consumed by both bacteria and corals such that they may never make it to detectable nitrate and indeed can act by reducing the observable levels of said nitrate. The breakdown products of most amino acids consist of at least two carbon groups (more in many instances) and a single source of nitrogen which may be consumed by bacteria in the process of breaking down said carbon groups.