Bacteria Source?

[Benauld]

I was thinking today about how quickly my ammonia dropped off during my cycling, from 5.5ppm to 0ppm in a matter of hours and it got me wondering. I'm using Nutrafin Cycle, but on the day the ammonia dropped off I had been messing about with my aquascaping, and had had my arm in the tank up to the armpit. (It's an Aquaone 620T). I was wondering though whether some of the bacteria from my under arm (the same bacteria that makes sweat smelly), could be strains of nitrifying bacteria?

 

[celaeno]

 

[discodave]

 

[Benauld]

Stranger things have happened! Perhaps I should bottle the stuff and sell it?

 

[raptorrex]

not sure about armpit juice, but peeing in your tank will really kickstart a tank!!

 

[The-Wolf]

The human armpit, is the home of a diverse population of bacteria, mostly strains of Corynebacteria, E. coli and Staphylococcus
however no signs of nitrosomas or nitrabacter have been found, so no it wasn't your armpits

 

[Dr. Bogger]

Maybe he took a shower in water with ammonia in it, and the nitrosomas & nitrabacter started to grow under his armpits?

 

[Barb82]

strangely don't want to eat these biscuits now rofl

 

[Benauld]

Oh well, there go my millions! Still it was a nice idea while it lasted... Hmmmm, biscuits.