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Recently I've heard some local reports of people's lilies dying or looking
crispy on the ends. Even fish dying. The above product was the common factor. The one's with the fish dying was figured to be over use of the product and not enough aeration going on (big fish died while others survived.... under the water fall). Flow thru water change was suggested, as people were going OOT the next day. I haven't heard back on that one. Today at the koi club meeting a couple others said they had used the product as directed and had lily pads turn black or crisp up on the edges. Anyone here have similar problems? I'm thinking there is more in this stuff than bacteria an enzymes? I was about to purchase some as I thought it was similar to BZT, but I guess that's not the case, I've never had a problem with that. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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I'm talking to myself lately...
I wanted to add: this is a Misty Mountain Product. I've had 5 reports now of plants stunted or dead. The rep told me the only ingredients were bacteria & barley. Hmmmm? On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:15:11 EDT, ~ jan wrote: Recently I've heard some local reports of people's lilies dying or looking crispy on the ends. Even fish dying. The above product was the common factor. The one's with the fish dying was figured to be over use of the product and not enough aeration going on (big fish died while others survived.... under the water fall). Flow thru water change was suggested, as people were going OOT the next day. I haven't heard back on that one. Today at the koi club meeting a couple others said they had used the product as directed and had lily pads turn black or crisp up on the edges. Anyone here have similar problems? I'm thinking there is more in this stuff than bacteria an enzymes? I was about to purchase some as I thought it was similar to BZT, but I guess that's not the case, I've never had a problem with that. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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this has been a problem with purple bacteria. they make hydrogen sulfide as a
byproduct. Ingrid On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:24:50 EDT, ~ jan wrote: I wanted to add: this is a Misty Mountain Product. I've had 5 reports now of plants stunted or dead. The rep told me the only ingredients were bacteria & barley. Hmmmm? On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:15:11 EDT, ~ jan wrote: Recently I've heard some local reports of people's lilies dying or looking crispy on the ends. Even fish dying. The above product was the common factor. Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago |
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Still a Misty Mountain Product, but I got the name wrong, it is Sludge EATER. --- this has been a problem with purple bacteria. they make hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct. Ingrid --- What form does this purple bacteria come in? Does it make the water purple? Is the product purple? Sludge Eater is dry and looks just like BZT... only the flakes are a tad larger. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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I think I did a whole post about the bacteria that Jo Ann's husband added to their
tanks and killed quite a few of their fancy goldfish she used to sell. He thought it would help break stuff down and instead it released H2S. They had to bleach their tanks to kill the bacteria off, no other way of getting rid of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_bacteria http://www.hikingwithafieldmicroscop...t%20Flats.html the colonies can be purple colored. dont know what color they are dry. Ingrid On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:46:51 EDT, ~ jan wrote: Still a Misty Mountain Product, but I got the name wrong, it is Sludge EATER. --- this has been a problem with purple bacteria. they make hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct. Ingrid --- What form does this purple bacteria come in? Does it make the water purple? Is the product purple? Sludge Eater is dry and looks just like BZT... only the flakes are a tad larger. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago |
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