I've clicked on the link and get a blank page,but I'll try later.
I'm assuming this is some sort of maturation? fluid, maybe not, but following the last thread on these substances, I found this in the latest PFK magazine.
Which Bacteria?
For decades, most books,magazines and manufacturers have claimed that the main bacteria responsible for nitrification in aquaria are
Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter However research by Hovanec and collegues dispute this, claiming that although
Nitrobacter is present, it's a different bacteria called
Nitrospira that does the work of converting nitrite to nitrate.
The research also found that
Nitrosomonas winogradsky and
N. europea which are often added to maturation treatments aren't the main nitrifiers in freshwater either.
In experiments using maturation treatments they found they only had
a minor improvement upon increasing the speed of the overall maturation process.
The research suggests this is because most maturation treatments are actually based on the wrong types of bacteria.
It proposed that these additives might introduce vitamins and other nutrients that could be responsible for the slight improvement shown.
Most everyone thought these treatments were a waste of money, maybe this research proves the point??
Mac.