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I think it might. Some of the bacteria could be photosynthetic and live in the water column. I'm still kinda confused on what constitutes as phytoplankton myself.
If not...the carbon source kinda works as if you had phytoplankton growing in the tank because phytoplankton release carbohydrates into the Ocean as a byproduct.
A food web begins with these carbs and the phyto that makes them may very well recycle some of them.
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