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Fairly certain but the info I read about it was back in the 80s so not sure now. I know algae spores can travel through the air, as can viruses and other types of bacteria. But if more updated studies are saying the aquarium filter bacteria can't survive out of water, well that puts a different perspective on it.Are you certain of this? When this topic came up a few weeks ago, I tracked down some scientific data that said the nitrifying bacteria must be wet, they cannot survive in air, and they are in every natural water on the planet. Airborne seems impossible. This is why it can take 2 to 8 weeks to establish these bacteria, it depends upon the number in the chlorinated water.
Edit. I am of course speaking only of the nitrifying bacteria that live in fresh water. The soil nitrifying bacteria are a different species, and obviously live in air. But these do not colonize submersed surfaces.
If you have the aquarium light on and put your hand under the surface of the water, see if you get a shadow of your hand on the bottom of the tank. If you do, then you have good light. If you don't have a shadow, then it is low light.I never have been able to grasp the concept of intense light vs lower levels in fish tanks. I am unprepared to spend $500+ for meters that I am told accurately measure light intensity. It was said here the adage of 1 W per gallon of water is meaningless. But I kinda know what you mean.
Iām hearing no bacteria in my tap water.Fairly certain but the info I read about it was back in the 80s so not sure now. I know algae spores can travel through the air, as can viruses and other types of bacteria. But if more updated studies are saying the aquarium filter bacteria can't survive out of water, well that puts a different perspective on it.
If they are traveling through the water supply into our tanks, we either have some really tough bacteria here or something else is going on. My tap water has around 7.5ppm of chlorine (about 3.5 times the safe recommended limit). If bacteria are getting through this, then it's time to worry
Fairly certain but the info I read about it was back in the 80s so not sure now. I know algae spores can travel through the air, as can viruses and other types of bacteria. But if more updated studies are saying the aquarium filter bacteria can't survive out of water, well that puts a different perspective on it.
If they are traveling through the water supply into our tanks, we either have some really tough bacteria here or something else is going on. My tap water has around 7.5ppm of chlorine (about 3.5 times the safe recommended limit). If bacteria are getting through this, then it's time to worry
Arenāt the terms low to moderate subjective?
Wow! Your tanks are Stunning!
Given the plant expert that you are, Bryon, Iād be curious to see what you think of the organisms in my thread: Unidentified organism observed in my best tank.
Great balls of fire! Iām wishing now I had better photos so I could consult an expert at some university. Iāve had great luck with that. Settled a Great Debate with a moderator at an American Bald Eagle cam. She was putting out gross misinformation. I contacted a leading expert in the field, author of many articles & books. That shut her up. At a South African cam, some viewers were repeating misinformation about zebras. I emailed a lead researcher & he emailed back from the field, think Botswana.I read that thread earlier, but can't help you with it as I have never seen anything remotely like the photos.
This is a concern and would suggest the bacteria might have evolved to tolerate or even live in chlorinated water.The relatively large percentage of nitrifying bacteria composing the microbiome of drinking water treated with chlorine/chloramine makes it clear that these "disinfectants" do not kill off these bacteria to any appreciable extent.