Nitrifying Bacteria

[Pescado guy]

Hi,

I had always believed that the bacteria responsible for nitrification in closed aquatic systems were the Nitrosomamous and Nitrobacter bacteria. I was recently on the Marineland Labs website. I read some of the information about one of their new products: Bio-spira. Marineland claimed that their product contained the true bacteria responsible for nitrification in closed aquatic systems. This is the website: http://marineland.com/science/nspira.asp. I have never heard this before and was wondering if someone else has any more info. on it. Thanks

Kevin

 

[rpgraff]

Its new to me to. I started to read the info on marinelands site and my eyes got glassy ...LOL...

Bacteria is everywhere and when you buy live rock its full of it. I don't really understand the need to add bacterial additives. But then again I haven't done much research about it either.

We talk about species diversity in a DSB and periodically diversifying it with new life occasionally because of a natural tendency for one species to dominate over others.

Does the same thing happen with bacteria??? I don't know. Should we be concerned? I don't know.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

IMO, the scientific community is a long, long way from understanding natural bacterial populations.

Check this thread:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=338150

 

[flounderer]

There are a good amount of Nitro* bacteria that are a part of the nitrification process. The ones that are currently know for NH3 to NO2 are Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus, Nitrosospira, Nitrosolobus, and Nitrosovibrio and from NO2 to NO3, Nitrobactor, Nitrococcus, Nitrospira, and Nitrospina. From what I've been told new bacteria are being coined as nitrifiers with each study that comes out. Some are being disproven at the same time. My opinion is they will never know.

 

[Paul B]

I dont know if bacteria in a bottle will work or even live so I add natural bacteria that I collect from under rocks on muddy New York beaches. When I collect amphipods I also get some mud with them that I am positive is full of any kind of bacteria that you will ever need. IMO the bacteria in a closed tank will in time lose the diversity that is on a natural reef. I don't know if I am helping or hurting my reef by doing this but I always have and never had a disease or paracite problem. Maybe thats why my reverse undergravel filter works so well and I have no nitrates.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=2611176#post2611176 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flounderer
There are a good amount of Nitro* bacteria that are a part of the nitrification process. The ones that are currently know for NH3 to NO2 are Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus, Nitrosospira, Nitrosolobus, and Nitrosovibrio and from NO2 to NO3, Nitrobactor, Nitrococcus, Nitrospira, and Nitrospina. From what I've been told new bacteria are being coined as nitrifiers with each study that comes out. Some are being disproven at the same time. My opinion is they will never know.

Any new updates on this information?

 

[Cody Ray]

There are entirely too many different species of bacteria to say that only thoughs 2 are the ones that one would find in an aquarium (nitrifying that is).