Heavy planting equals no cycle?

[jaypeecee]

Just because it says it's living bacteria in a bottle, is it actually? I'm not trying to be awkward, but as a marketer myself, anything can be twisted.

Hi @Aqua360

I think most people here on UKAPS are well aware of marketing spiel. Unless someone has access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM), it is impossible to see these bacteria. So, I rely on what they are supposed to do. Therefore, I add Product X to a tank and it's supposed to convert ammonia firstly into nitrite and then nitrate. If measurements show that this is happening, then Product X is bona fide as far as I'm concerned.

FYI, please see this link for further info:

https://www.tetra.net/en-gb/products/tetra-safestart

JPC

 

[Aqua360]

Hi @Aqua360

I think most people here on UKAPS are well aware of marketing spiel. Unless someone has access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM), it is impossible to see these bacteria. So, I rely on what they are supposed to do. Therefore, I add Product X to a tank and it's supposed to convert ammonia firstly into nitrite and then nitrate. If measurements show that this is happening, then Product X is bona fide as far as I'm concerned.

FYI, please see this link for further info:

https://www.tetra.net/en-gb/products/tetra-safestart

JPC

Do what works for you by all means, as anyone should.

For me I'll wait for the person with the SEM to chime in

 

[jaypeecee]

For me I'll wait for the person with the SEM to chime in

I have used an SEM many years ago. Mind-boggling what you can see with one of those - if you have a spare million quid, that is!

JPC

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Unless someone has access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM), it is impossible to see these bacteria.

The good news is that you don't need an SEM anymore, you can look for <"specific gene sequences that code for ammonia oxidation etc">. This is how they've recently found the whole cornucopia of <"novel nitrifying organisms">.

So a bit cheaper than a SEM, you just need a PCR lab.

cheers Darrel