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Dont use that junk
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In article , "Wlucas4"
writes: Dont use that junk What Junk?? Sacha |
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I think you owe us much more info than that! I happen to have just finished
extensive investigation of microbe-lift. You are the first person I have heard say any negative about it, why? -- _______________________________________ "Architecture is the ultimate erotic 'object'." Bernard Tschumi, "Architecture & Transgression" http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Wlucas4" wrote in message . net... Dont use that junk |
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Wlucas4 wrote: Dont use that junk huh? -- John Rutz I'm not Porg am not am not am so see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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I posted this in fall:
Jo Ann supplied the following observation and experiment she's been running. Remember that this is a single incident AND it is in a tank. This does not necessarily mean there are not unknown factors at work or this applies to any other tank, pond, water pH, condition, etc. 1.5 mo ago she super sterilized a tank prepatory to moving fish. Unknown to her, Steve had put a small amount of Micro lift (an organic waste remover) into this tank to see if it would help reduce the ammonia levels of these fish when they started spawning. The stuff had been sent to them to try out. The first thing she noticed was that peroxide did not clear the purple sterilizing level of PP in the tank. She then dumped all water, changed media and cleaned the gravel. Steve added a few more drops of Micro lift to the tank (without telling Jo Ann). This is classic example of a blinded study cause Jo Ann sure was in the dark. Jo Ann put in the fish. Soon she noticed the fish were lethargic and the physical showed that the gills were liver colored purple. She immediately checked the water parameters but the ammonia was not bad. She did a water change anyway. Soon the fins were shredded and she moved the fish to fresh water, did scrapes and found nothing. Some of the fish died, others recovered after being moved to fresh water. She dumped all the water in the tank again, left the media. She left the tank for 2 weeks with no fish and then tested for ammonia which was now off scale. She did another super PP treatment and once again the peroxide wouldnt remove the PP. ONce again she dumped the tank, left the media. The next day the ammonia was 0.1. 2 weeks later fish came in, put in the tank but didnt check ammonia in the empty tank. 3 days later the fish were spawning and the ammonia was off the charts. She did a 50% water. 3 days later the fins were shredding and on the fish were on the bottom and lethargic. A scrape showed nothing, gills were purple. The fish were moved out of the tank. Some of the fish died, the rest have neural damage and probably wont survive. She did 2- 100% water changes on the fishless tank, but the ammonia was still off the wall 24hrs later. Did another 100% water change on the empty tank, AND replaced the media completely and found ammonia at 0.1 later that evening. Steve now told her he had added the Micro lift. Jo Ann is planning on adding some experimental fish to this tank in the future to see just how residual the effect is going to be. Note: The bacteria in the Micro lift is purple bacteria. Some species of purple bacteria reduce nitrates to ammonia. Also, purple bacteria eat H2S and so are sold in an H2S formula to keep em alive. All additions of Micro lift were less than the recommended dose. Jo Ann has acidic water, adds a calcium buffer to the water and salt. This was the only tank the Micro lift was added to, no other tanks of fish (with no Micro lift) have these symptoms. Ingrid |
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... snip Poor fish. BV. |
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Ingrid,
So what are you trying to tell us here, that Jo Ann and Steve can't read instructions. Everything that I have I seen for the use of Microlift products is in established ponds. In fact, Microlift got started making bacterial additives for sewage plants and septic tanks where there are a lot of organics present for the bacteria to work on, it was never meant to be used in a unestablished bare-bottom tank environment. It must have something to work on. Plus, your last comment in which you note about the purple bacteria eating nitrates, where did the nitrates come from if the tanks were not cycled and had huge water changes. Where would the nitrates come from for the bacteria to change back into ammonia. It sounds like the improper use of a product to me not a report on the ineffectiveness of the product. The bacteria has to have something to work on and it sounds like since it didn't find any dead organic material to work on it sounds like you are saying that it attacked the fish in this isolated and concentrated environment. Also, what is Jo Ann's Total Alkalinity (TA). For Microlift to work properly it must be kept above 80ppm and it a much better worker at levels of 100-120plus ppm. One of these days you and Jo Ann will finally figure out the nitrogen cycle. You have to remember that for every gram of ammonia that is processed in your biofilter 2.5 grams of Calcium carbonate is consumed, which is the reason KH levels are so important to the biofiltration cycle. Sorry, Jo Ann, but this sure doesn't sound like an experiment to me, there must be something that you are not relating to Ingrid. Tom L.L. wrote in message ... I posted this in fall: Jo Ann supplied the following observation and experiment she's been running. Remember that this is a single incident AND it is in a tank. This does not necessarily mean there are not unknown factors at work or this applies to any other tank, pond, water pH, condition, etc. 1.5 mo ago she super sterilized a tank prepatory to moving fish. Unknown to her, Steve had put a small amount of Micro lift (an organic waste remover) into this tank to see if it would help reduce the ammonia levels of these fish when they started spawning. The stuff had been sent to them to try out. The first thing she noticed was that peroxide did not clear the purple sterilizing level of PP in the tank. She then dumped all water, changed media and cleaned the gravel. Steve added a few more drops of Micro lift to the tank (without telling Jo Ann). This is classic example of a blinded study cause Jo Ann sure was in the dark. Jo Ann put in the fish. Soon she noticed the fish were lethargic and the physical showed that the gills were liver colored purple. She immediately checked the water parameters but the ammonia was not bad. She did a water change anyway. Soon the fins were shredded and she moved the fish to fresh water, did scrapes and found nothing. Some of the fish died, others recovered after being moved to fresh water. She dumped all the water in the tank again, left the media. She left the tank for 2 weeks with no fish and then tested for ammonia which was now off scale. She did another super PP treatment and once again the peroxide wouldnt remove the PP. ONce again she dumped the tank, left the media. The next day the ammonia was 0.1. 2 weeks later fish came in, put in the tank but didnt check ammonia in the empty tank. 3 days later the fish were spawning and the ammonia was off the charts. She did a 50% water. 3 days later the fins were shredding and on the fish were on the bottom and lethargic. A scrape showed nothing, gills were purple. The fish were moved out of the tank. Some of the fish died, the rest have neural damage and probably wont survive. She did 2- 100% water changes on the fishless tank, but the ammonia was still off the wall 24hrs later. Did another 100% water change on the empty tank, AND replaced the media completely and found ammonia at 0.1 later that evening. Steve now told her he had added the Micro lift. Jo Ann is planning on adding some experimental fish to this tank in the future to see just how residual the effect is going to be. Note: The bacteria in the Micro lift is purple bacteria. Some species of purple bacteria reduce nitrates to ammonia. Also, purple bacteria eat H2S and so are sold in an H2S formula to keep em alive. All additions of Micro lift were less than the recommended dose. Jo Ann has acidic water, adds a calcium buffer to the water and salt. This was the only tank the Micro lift was added to, no other tanks of fish (with no Micro lift) have these symptoms. Ingrid |
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