Talk:Bacteria bottles, do they work?

I have in front of me Wheaton's 1977 book on Aquacultural Engineering (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3167996); it is a 700 page textbook on the broad subject of Aquaculture. On pages 159 and 160 it merely states that the two bactera are involved in the process. It in no way can be considered the item that announced to the world that these two genera were the ones involved. Other texts on aquaculture at the time also state the same thing; for example: Stickney, 1979 (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3167996) so the discovery of these two bactera as the agents involved must be from some earlier time period. -- jskoga@csupomona.edu

Thanks
Thanks for that correction. I was basically going by what Dr. Timothy Hovanec told me. I wonder who discovered the two species and why they got them so wrong!

--Quatermass 21:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

The easy and simple way
If it is really important to start an "instant tank". Take a nice dirty foam filter from an established tank and squeeze the contents into a fish bag for the customer to introduce to their new tank. We took to doing this with anybody who "got it" back in the day at Pet Emporium. If they didn't "get it", sell them danios, cories, livebearers, etc. - fish that can handle a bit of ammonia - a/k/a "starter fish". Why is a two-week wait and gradual populating so hard for people anyway? I still can't wait to add my prize school of cardinal tetras to my 75g, but it gives me something to look forward to! Of course, the delay here is that no LFS stock them, but my old boss has instructions to get me $50 worth of them when he finds good examples at the wholesalers on his stocking trips. Damn, $50 will get me about three ounces of fish. Usedtabe that a tannersworth was a whole meal, and included spuds! Huw Powell 22:51, 17 February 2011 (EST)