I posted this elsewhere concerning SPS health, but in terms of bacterial population dynamics and flux the Redfield ratio IMO affects it greatly. Especially within an aquarium, since nutrient conditions can change rapidly. http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...-up-sps-8.html
Many of the quick fixes in the hobby such as vodka dosing and amino acid additions are really just manual adjustment to the inorganic ratio with the hope of changing the organic.
I realize that this thread is about bacterial removal by skimmers, but everything is related IMO and talking about one thing can't be done without discussing the whole system from a bacterial point of view.
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