[AquaticLife] Bio-Spira Strains
Well, you wouldn’t want only Nitrospira in your aquarium, because then there’d be nothing around to make nitrite from ammonia (NitroSOspira and Nitrosonomas are responsible for that). With no nitrite producers, there’d be nothing around for Nitrospira to eat and as a result it would die off due to lack of food (and the ammonia levels in your aquarium would skyrocket, likely killing your fish too). So there’s no way that theory would work: at least two of the three strains must survive and one of them must be the Nitrospira (as there is no Nitrobacter in the product).
Ammonia eaters: Nitrosospira, Nitrosonomas Nitrite eaters: Nitrospira, Nitrobacter
You need at least one from each category. Most bacteria products, from what I’ve gathered, are a combo of Nitrosonomas and Nitrobacter. BioSpira is unique in that it includes both Nitrospira and NitroSOspira - and it is likely the Nitrosonomas isn’t really needed in the product - although it may have been included due to it’s ability to withstand high levels of ammonia.
So with that I find I must correct my original statement. It should have been: “I wonder if the third strain is used for AMMONIA eating in environments where the nitrosospira is not comfortable.”
-Lana
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Dora Smith wrote:
> One theory is that the other two actually die off and the nitrospira take > over. Not I’ve studied it in any detail. But apparently the biospira is > teh ingredient that makes the product fast cycling. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com
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