NDLI: Effects of live rock on removal of dissolved inorganic nitrogen in coral aquaria

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Author	Li, Yan Zheng, Xinqing Yang, Xiaozhou Ou, Dangyun Lin, Rongcheng Liu, Xinming
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Maintaining stable water quality is one of the key processes for recirculating coral aquaculture. Traditional aquarium systems which mainly utilized a nitrification of nitrifying bacteria attached to the surface of massive artificial filter material are difficult to maintain the oligotrophic conditions necessary for coral aquaculture. This study investigated the removal effects of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (ammonia and nitrate) by live rock (LR), a key component in the "Berlin system" coral aquarium. The expression levels of bacterial functional genes, AOA3, amoA and nosZ, were measured on the exterior and interior of LR. The nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial abundance on LR was quantified and the nitrogen nutrient regulatory effects of LR were evaluated. The results demonstrated that LR mainly removed ammonium (NH$_{4}$ $^{+}$) from the water with a mean efficiency of 0.141 mg/(kg·h), while the removal of nitrate (NO$_{3}$ $^{–}$) was not significant. Bacterial diversity analysis showed that ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were the most common bacteria on LR, which accounted for 0.5%–1.4% of the total bacterial population, followed by denitrifying bacteria, which accounted for 0.2% of the total population, and the ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) were the least common type (<0.01%). The low abundance of denitrifying bacteria may be responsible for the poor nitrate (NO$_{3}$ $^{–}$) removal of LR. Thus, other biological filtration methods are needed in coral aquaria to control nitrates generated from nitrification or biological metabolism.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	94
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0253505X
Journal	Acta Oceanologica Sinica
Volume Number	36
Issue Number	12
e-ISSN	18691099
Language	English
Publisher	The Chinese Society of Oceanography
Publisher Date	2017-12-13
Publisher Place	Beijing
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	coral live rock water purification dissolved inorganic nitrogen removal efficiency Oceanography Climatology Ecology Engineering Fluid Dynamics Marine & Freshwater Sciences Environmental Chemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science Oceanography

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