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It is you that is confused… lol
Marineland merged with Tetra and took Bio-Spira off the market a few months ago. That is when Dr. Tim started up his own company and introduced “One & Only Nitrifying Bacteria” product.
If you go to my blog, the one at the top is a recent blog I did about the “new” Bio-Spira that will be put out by Tetra but the email I received from Tetra called it Start Right but then I learned there was already a product called Start Right so I think Tetra found this out also and changed the name to Safe Start… or the person sending me the first email reply could have gotten the name confused in the email to me. In either case, Tetra… or rather United Pet Group (Tetra and Marineland) is the new distributor of Bio-Spira for saltwater and whatever their new product will be called.. Safestart or Start Right.. for freshwater.
Dr. Tim was the lead research scientist for Marineland Labs for 17 years and HE holds all of the patents on the Bio-Spira technology but Marineland owned the name “Bio-Spira” so Dr. Tim started his own company, bought the Marineland lab that had been closed down when they merged with Tetra and started producing his own product, One & Only. There were non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements and possibly some litigation or threats of it which is probably why Dr. Tim doesn’t disclose very much to general inquiries.
I don’t know why you are so hung up on the one bacteria, nitrospira. If you’ve read my other posts, you will have seen that there are/were three strains of nitrifying bacteria in Bio-Spira and probably the same things in One & Only but he may not be able to disclose them due to threats of litigation.
I would buy One & Only over anything from Tetra any day of the week, month, year or lifetime. Tetra has a reputation for sub-standard products and Dr. Tim has a reputation for high standard products. Since both of their products are relatively new, I would bet my money that Dr. Tim’s is far superior to Tetra’s but you can wait if you want.
From everything I’ve read so far about One & Only, it’s more like the original Bio-Spira with the exception that it says it can be kept at room temp for up to six months, which I’m still reserving a right to wonder about but I’ll be glad when enough hobbyists have used One & Only to see the final results about it’s shelf life at room temp versus refrigeration.
I see that DrsFosterSmith.com ships One & Only in overnight cooler packs since temps over 95F will severely harm the bacteria so I’m wondering if Tetra’s distribution will take the same pains to keep their products at room temp. I’ve been in shipping warehouses before down here in the south and I can tell you they get into the 90’s so if Tetra isn’t putting demands on their distributors, their new product will be dead on arrival… pardon the pun.
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