JohnHuff said:
Contrary to what I've read on this forum and elsewhere and what I've believed up to now, there is a bacteria product that allows you to cycle your aquarium and pond in one day?
This isn't a new product. The forum posts I've read date back to 2008 and the manufacturer's website look like it's from the 80's. Anyone know of or used this product?
There was a lot of skepticism in the forums posts I've read, but it seems to work. This stuff is sold dry, bacteria on oat bran, has a shelf life of 5 years and consumes even nitrates! So why isn't it more well known?
https://www.google.com/search?q=hia...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Just a quick heads up, whenever someone is saying one particular bacteria " X is reponsible for Y " in regards to microbiology, in the context of aquaculture biological filtering, they are quite often wrong. From what I have read, I have found that microbiology is not this simple. Fluctuating chemical concentrations and other environmental variables impact everything and persuades particular microorganisms to grow while hindering other microorganisms and vice versa.
Along in my journey, I have heard of the Hiatt's product referenced, but, outside of the Hiatt's company site, I have not read any significant number of testimonials from professional amateurs make reference to it, whom these individuals do occasionally sterilize their systems and bio-media that they then jump start their systems with other bacteria products, as mentioned in a reply found in
is it possible to harm your pond with too much bacteria additives.
At least, the Hiatt product makes a better attempt at selling their product then most other bacteria products, such as the incorporation of a carbon source and other elements it mentions, which are very important.
I know Dr. Roddy Conrad and a few other very avid koi hobbiests believe it is possible to have a tank completely cycled bio-filter within 24 hours and they did experiments, but I never could find any results. So, at this moment, I still assume it is not possible due to the fact of time required and required optimal environment to be created for these chemosynthesizing autorophic bacteria and other organisms to populate a sufficiently operating bio-filtration. These individuals focused on the same elements that Hiatt mentions proper setup of his product.
If a 24 hour cycle were to be achieved, then I imagine it is a multiple stage process involving a form of aerobic heteroph bacteria and other organisms. These aerobic heterophs would achieve the 24 hours cycle, but then, as inorganic chemical concentrations and environment changes, these bacteria would be overcumb by other organisms and other aerobic autrophic bacteria, which are what would be eventually primarily responsible for the bio-filtering.
However, from everything I have read about the Hiatt product, the water environment will have to be precisely controlled to obtain the 24 hour cycle results, which the optimum environmental variables are quite likely more responsible for the 24 hour cycle result moreso than the "specialized Hiatt carbon/bacteria products".
Due to the environmental variables required for this product to work, this product would definitely not work well for the hydroponic/auqaponic industry.
Keep in mind of the context. The product is built for the coral reef hobby context and the salt water aquariums context.
If the inventor really wanted to be a trail blazer, then he would have shared his work to the scientific community and have achieved all sorts of fan faire and recognition within the aquaculture industry.
I just wished the inventor was more open in regards to sharing the specific bacteria or microorganism family or shared the labratory white papers that he said was done on the product. I bet this could be shared in a way without exposing any secrets.
It would be a fun experiment to try the product out in a quarantine tank or something.
