[AquaticLife] Tetra safestart to begin sales in U.S.
You know what, I had a darned hard time finding how to actually order that “one and only”, when I decided I don’t want it. The inventor doesn’t sell it on his web site, but refers people to a single web site, which lists it but provides no way to order it. And I don’t find much online either. Since I’ve lost interest in the product I stopped searching. Maybe one is supposed to put in hyphens to search for it for all I know.
When I wrote to him, that Timothy Hovanec came across as a wack and a half. Now, rapid cycling products are based on the claim that nitrospira is teh bacteria that enables rapid cycling, so in order to do the job they must have nitrospira . Strangely his web site does not claim that the one and only contains nitrospira. He wrote in one or two sentences that he won’t say if the product contains nitrospira, because it’s patented. Mind, I didn’t ask for the formula, nor for the process (which is something people are debating), nor did I even ask if his bacteria are viable, which is also the point of some controversy, and his word is not what would convince me the bacteria are viable; I just want to know if the product has the only possible ingredient that he himself has consistently claimed elsewhere will do what he claims his product does, which is nitrospira. And his e-mail to me sounded half there.
If he were mentally all there, he would know that the only reason why people would buy his new product is if it contains nitrospira, so if he wants us to buy it, he wants to tell us it contains nitrospira if it does! Telling me it contains the latest mix of nitrogen processing bacteria or whatever is suspiciously vague; why is he not telling us the product contains nitrospira? Bio-spira was specifically popular because it said it contained nitrospira, and that is the basis of Safestart’s popularity in Europe.
It really appears that he isn’t even mentally together enough to either sell or market the product that he’s selling.
It’s also conceivable that the issue is that he himself isn’t sufficiently confident that the nitrospira in his product is viable to commit to saying the bacteria are there.
On another list people are speculating that Marineland (may not have the right store name and wonder if indeed the name has become confused with that of the store below) may have stopped carrying both the old and new formulations of Bio-Spira because of their relationship with Timothy Hovanec or his possible control over the patents for these products.
Man may be a brillient researcher, but I get the idea he’s a wack job.
Maybe he isn’t even very serious about selling this product. He knows that in another month Tetra, which has it together, will easily outcompete him. He’s sure not putting much effort into selling it, on top of seemingly not wanting anyone to buy it.
Here’s a photo of the man. http://www.drtimhovanec.com/About_Us/About_Us.html
By mid May I’ll have my aquarium going even if I pre-cycle it for two weeks..
Here is the web site he sends people to to buy the product. I may have clicked on one of the companies listed there, though I thought I got to it from his own web site. http://drtimsaquatics.com/index.html
Ah, yes, it eventually sends me here, and if you search the site you eventually get to
http://www.qualitymarineusa.com/products.asp?cls=3&scls=8&cat=309&scat=987&id=0705310
Prices are on a pdf sheet, and no way to order nor information on how to order.
More evidence that the man is a wack job.
As for Tetra, maybe it’s upgrading its quality. Actually not a bad company, just low end for good quality in aquarium care products. I’ve always been satisfied with their products before. Quite brilliant picking up a product like SafeStart. LOL. I’ve ordered their inexpensive lab kit; I’ll let you all know how it stacks up! I’ve dealt with enough companies lately that don’t for instance answer questions like the one I asked Dr. Tim with the answer; so far one thing I’ll definitely say for Tetra is that it has not made my shit list. And they aren’t failing to say whether Safestart contains nitrospira! A company can say it’s as high end as anything in the world, but if it’s not honest…
Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com
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