overdosing vitamins/amino acids

[Hans-Werner]

The one thing is the theory. The theory is that the cyanos can fix dinitrogen and are in an advantage over other organisms when nitrogen compounds are low. I have never watched this really happen in reef tanks.
The other thing is the experience and I have seen it many times that cyanos appear when phosphates are lowered in the water. I think it is because of their bacterial nature and the photosynthetic acitivity. The cyanos produce organic acids from photosynthetically fixed carbon to dissolve phosphates in the rocks and sand or gravel. So they are in an advantage when phosphates in the water are low.
Also my experience with hair algae is contradictionary to common believe. Hair algae and other nuissance algae grow when nitrates are high and phosphates are low because under this conditions they are in advantage over the corals which need higher phosphate concentrations in the water. So when phosphates are high the corals consume all the nitrogen compounds and algae cannot grow. When nitrates are high nuissance algae grow at the expense of the phosphates stored in rocks, sand an gravel just as the cyanos do.

 

[bif24701]

Nothing good comes from over dosing anything really.

I run and ULNS then had to remove my fish for treatment. I use a small amount of AA and some really foods to help keep my corals fed but over dosing is unnecessary and will grow other stuff while causing an over population of zooxanthellae, brown corals.