jarcher1390
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HI All
Not sure if this is the right forum (maybe a mod can move it to the right one) to ask this but does any one know if there is any symbiotic relationship between aquatic plants and bacteria.
Here is the background to my question.
I manage a aquatic shop and we have a popular brand from America who have a product which contains a blend of photosynthetic, mineralising, nitrifying and they are NOT in a spore state in the bottle (like hagens cycle) bacteria. Now long story short i have been using this stuff in store on our systems and its great stuff for fish, sludge busting and getting rid of nitrates.
Today the sales rep came into our store to do training with us and were giving us the low down on this product. But never mentioned plants. so when asked about planted tanks and this product. this is what he had to say
(I'm paraphrasing btw) the bacteria in the bottle will do the following for plants, break down waste sludge (less algae), break down triglycerides (fats/oils) (get rid of oily surface). He also said that the bacteria can photosynthesis wavelengths that the plants cannot, what this means is that the bacteria can get into the plant leaves and photosynthesis producing sugars which the plant can then feed on and grow from.
I know that terrestrial plants like legumes have a symbiotic relationship where they can assimilate nitrogen from the bacteria in the roots, i also know that photosynthesis assimilating CO2 is used to produce sugars so this symbiotic relationship in aquatics plants and bacteria seems feasible.
Can someone who isn't bias (like the rep) shed some light onto this if this is true/flase/or poorly researched.
I need to know because i do not sell stuff that i do not understand and think it is not worth it. Basically if i don't use it i don't sell it.
So is this product too good to be true? can it do what the rep told me? Can some one shed some light on this?
Thanks In advance
Jonny
Not sure if this is the right forum (maybe a mod can move it to the right one) to ask this but does any one know if there is any symbiotic relationship between aquatic plants and bacteria.
Here is the background to my question.
I manage a aquatic shop and we have a popular brand from America who have a product which contains a blend of photosynthetic, mineralising, nitrifying and they are NOT in a spore state in the bottle (like hagens cycle) bacteria. Now long story short i have been using this stuff in store on our systems and its great stuff for fish, sludge busting and getting rid of nitrates.
Today the sales rep came into our store to do training with us and were giving us the low down on this product. But never mentioned plants. so when asked about planted tanks and this product. this is what he had to say
(I'm paraphrasing btw) the bacteria in the bottle will do the following for plants, break down waste sludge (less algae), break down triglycerides (fats/oils) (get rid of oily surface). He also said that the bacteria can photosynthesis wavelengths that the plants cannot, what this means is that the bacteria can get into the plant leaves and photosynthesis producing sugars which the plant can then feed on and grow from.
I know that terrestrial plants like legumes have a symbiotic relationship where they can assimilate nitrogen from the bacteria in the roots, i also know that photosynthesis assimilating CO2 is used to produce sugars so this symbiotic relationship in aquatics plants and bacteria seems feasible.
Can someone who isn't bias (like the rep) shed some light onto this if this is true/flase/or poorly researched.
I need to know because i do not sell stuff that i do not understand and think it is not worth it. Basically if i don't use it i don't sell it.
So is this product too good to be true? can it do what the rep told me? Can some one shed some light on this?
Thanks In advance
Jonny