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agreed . do you think the sink is locked in the substraight??? if it coould be locked or sunk in the substraight or plenum area I guess it could still be viable with good maintence. If it leaches that would make it a scrub. I think I will email charles back and see if he monitored any leaching.
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It makes sense to me that this "goo" or in more scientific terms, this proteinaceous accumulation would be a great sink for our nitrogenous wastes as well as other contiminants. It is something I have never thought of but makes perfect sense. As for it contributing to a sudden crash, I am unsure. It seems that these accumulations of amino acids would have the nitrogen bound pretty tightly although bacteria would always be breaking it down.
I am starting to get a bit confussed about this protein because it appears that it came from bacteria and will be continually processed by bacteria. If so, then is it like a nutrient storage type idea or are different species of bacteria working at this stuff? If it is cyclical, then eventually the nitrogen would have to be gassed off at some point or as I mentioned, there has to be some other sink involved (because the nitrogen in our tank is zero). I wonder what the nitrogen (NH3, NO3, etc...) readings would be in the plenum space...
Ah, I almost need to chart all of this out as a biochemical pathway to get it straight in my head. I love this stuff but man it is so hard to keep every idea straight in your head...
Oh, and definitly let me know what you hear from Charles and also, there is no better word in the world to describe a huge mass of non-differentiated amino acids as "goo," be it in the scientific community or otherwise.
I will be back for more.
Take er easy
Scott T.