There is lots of bacteria additives available on the market where the nitrogen cycle is not the intended use of the bacteria.
I know right? Why has everyone seemed to have forgotten that on this thread lol
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There is lots of bacteria additives available on the market where the nitrogen cycle is not the intended use of the bacteria.
I didn't forget - and realize that with the whole biome frenzy more products are coming to market... but alas, most everything out there is nitrifying bacteriaFor some reason this thread is full of people who forgot that bacteria exists outside of nitrifiers and that you can buy bottles of these. If you are interested in adding (or culturing bacteria), I'd look at adding something like PNS probio or something else that can have a functional role with coral or be food.
Why do you think the SPS are struggling because of bacteria? Aren’t there many things that make SPS difficult to grow?Evening All
Tank is 7 months old now. Zoas looking good. SPS are struggling. Can one keep adding bacteria to improve a new tank? What type of bacteria? Any particular brand to work some magic?
Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks all.
My question I guess, is there are multiple types of bacteria advertised for sale. Are they all just cycle bacteria or has some brand/vendor come with something other than just the nitrogen cycle bac.I think you put way too much scientific stock and attributable outcomes into "work threads". There are just too many variables.
As For "Sunny" and success.... Randy is spot on.
If I twirl around 3 times before feeding my BTA Reef Frenzy and then tap on the glass 3 times and do a water change exactly 71 minutes later and then throw 1 ice cube per 10 gallons in the sump... and my BTA is pretty....
And 71 other people do the same thing and most have "pretty" BTAs... what part of that is actually making the BTAs Pretty?
Sounds silly right? Just because somebody comes up with a workflow that appears to "work" and others follow the same workflow, does not mean that all of the steps or ideas have validity.
Is there a benefit in dumping nitrifying bacteria in a mature tank over and over? I would guess not and until somebody shows me a controlled experiment proving otherwise, my opinion is not going to change.
That’s the question that I have been looking for the answer to. I believe many of us are answering the original question from the OP that just asks if he should keep dumping in more bacteria.For some reason this thread is full of people who forgot that bacteria exists outside of nitrifiers and that you can buy bottles of these. If you are interested in adding (or culturing bacteria), I'd look at adding something like PNS probio or something else that can have a functional role with coral or be food.