Can Baker's yeast treat a Diatom outbreak?

[Matthew900]

I found this video saying that you can treat a diatom bloom with Baker's yeast. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of this before or tried it?

Here is the link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=VrUjMlt86ag

Thanks!

 

[gkampanis]

I start using it also on 16gallon 3 month nuvo.. it is 2 days now will see how it goes

 

[Salty150]

Wow... very interesting...

 

[L8Braker]

I have a newly setup 300 gallon tank and just like them cycled but still have diatoms. I'm going to try this and report back in 1-2 weeks.

 

[Salty150]

I have a newly setup 300 gallon tank and just like them cycled but still have diatoms. I'm going to try this and report back in 1-2 weeks.

According to Vivid Aquariums - it took them no more than 5-7 days on their 800 gallon aquarium - and all of their other aquariums they used it on...

It is 1/4 teaspoon of Fleischmann's RapidRise Yeast per 400 gallons (total water volume) - every other day.

 

[troynel]

Worked for me!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Does it have any effect on other algaes?

 

[Salty150]

This is actually very interesting.

Wonder "how" it works.

Does the yeast eat whatever is in the water that the diatoms need...

 

[markster33139]

It also worked for me, eliminated diatoms in 3 treatments 6 days

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[gkampanis]

I throw just a few dust in the back of nuvo 16 and it seems beter but same of it consumed by fish is it ok i wonder...


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[Salty150]

It also worked for me, eliminated diatoms in 3 treatments 6 days

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Nice!

 

[Anubreed]

I do not see how the yeast would help, and if it did you would not need to add yeast becuase yeast is everywhere, on just about everything.

 

[Salty150]

Well, the fact is, it appears that it does...

 

[Ron Reefman]

I linked this thread to a new one in the Reef Chemistry Forum and everybody over there says it can't work. Yeast has a low enough tolerance to salt solutions that in a saltwater aquarium the yeast will die very quickly. Personally, I'm not buying it either.

I want somebody to explain how or why it works. Without a scientific explanation, it's just a anecdote, a story with no foundation.

 

[Fish Everywhere]

Only thing I can think of is a certain compound released upon the death of yeast that manages to kill diatoms... of course, this is a wild guess and does not seem likely, but it's the only logical thing I can think of. I know a few people who have tried this, worked for almost all of em...

 

[Salty150]

I am so sick and tired of naysayers who NEVER tried what they claim won't work!

Everyone who has tried it says it works!

So - what is the deal?

Who do you believe - the naysayers who have never tried it; or the people who have tired it and say it works?

And BTW - Vivid Aquariums (the video that started all of this) is very respected. If the guy says it worked on ALL of the tanks he tried it on - it did!

 

[Anubreed]

I am so sick and tired of naysayers who NEVER tried what they claim won't work!

Everyone who has tried it says it works!

So - what is the deal?

Who do you believe - the naysayers who have never tried it; or the people who have tired it and say it works?

And BTW - Vivid Aquariums (the video that started all of this) is very respected. If the guy says it worked on ALL of the tanks he tried it on - it did!

I guess I am one of the naysayers :spin2:

Anyways the question is, is the yeast actually doing anything here or is it the substance the yeast is encased in that is doing it?

Personally I brew beer and make my own wines and I have a hard time believe it is actually the yeast doing it, especially bread yeast. Bread yeast is easy to kill off compared to a champagne yeast or turbo yeast.

 

[Salty150]

LOL, so you are basically calling everyone who has stated it worked for them... a liar...

 

[troynel]

I don't know why it worked but it did for me.

 

[CStrickland]

this couldn't be easier to test, just put some of the yeast in a pint of rodi water with a 1/8 teaspoon of sugar and wait for a few days. Do the same using tank water instead of rodi in another container. See if they come out different.

I was a baker, salt kills yeast. Also, diatoms aren't even that big a deal. Also, I like when people start threads asking questions and then call people that disagree with them names. That always turns out so well.

Everyone who has tried it says it works!

Prove that statement