liquidsquid has the bacterial decomposition correct. ""If you have aeration and add bacteria, but no flow through, aren’t all those nutrients just getting into the water column? Then what? Trading one problem for another - such as algae or some form of more plant growth.
Nutrients are trapped and will accumulate in a basin to grow some form of plant life. Where will all the added nutrients go??? It is a law of nature. More fertility = more plants. Fertilize your lawn grass, garden, or any crop and more plants will grow. Decomposing leaves adds or releases the nutrients bound up in the leaves.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 04/26/24 07:28 PM.