[AquaticLife] New 50gal freshwater set up
Carmen,
For pet and human bacteria supplements the bacteria are typically anaerobic - they don’t need oxygen to survive. I’m not so sure about septic bacteria, but it seems to me there wouldn’t be that much aeration in the tank, so I’d guess it is also anaerobic.
From what I understand, aquarium bacteria is supposed to be aerobic since O2 is required for oxidizing nitrite to nitrate. What I don’t understand is the difference between the standard Nitrosomonas/Nitrobacter vs. Bio-Spira which contains NitroSpira. Nitrobacter and NitroSpira basically do the same job (convert nitrite->nitrate), the only difference I can find is that NitroSpira grows slower and tends to be the nitrite oxidizing bacteria in natural samples more often than Nitrobacter. Nitrospira is slowed by high ammonia levels, which Nitrosomonas is needed to handle. AFAIK, the only bacteria in Bio-spira is nitrosomonas (someone please correct me if I’m wrong here).
-Lana
> > Or (from pet odor control products) maybe they’re using encapsulation > technology, “wrapping” it with a small amount of oxygen that won’t be > depleted before the expiration date? > > Carmen
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