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20:02 - john ng: hi Mr Goh and Scott, welcome to Singapore.
20:02 - MicrobeLift: Hi John 20:02 - Alvin Koh: hi John 20:02 - MicrobeLiftScot: Thank you 20:03 - spencertan: Hello everyone(: 20:03 - MicrobeLift: Singapore is my home ground 20:03 - Alvin Koh: Hi spencertan 20:04 - spencertan: what is this event all about? 20:04 - john ng: Scott, what did you do or do you do, while you are in Florida? 20:05 - Alvin Koh: The live chat is about water management, filtration, etc 20:05 - MicrobeLiftScot: I am a Sales MAnager and techinical support person for Ecological Labs, the producer of Microbe-Lift. Things are so busy for us right now that I am traveling all of the time for work 20:06 - spencertan: Is the live chat ongoing? 20:06 - BarraCuda™: Yes, I will post the first question to kick start 20:06 - MicrobeLift: Scott is here to attend to Aquarama show. Our booth No. is 710 20:07 - BarraCuda™: From ahsong, My LFS say powder BB is better than water BB, is this true? Do u hv powder BB? 20:07 - MicrobeLiftScot: We do produce some powdered bacteria. While this may be good for extended shelf life, liquid bacteia performs much better. The bacteria in Microbe-lift Special Blend and Nite-Out II liquids are live and ready to go to work. As soon as you add them to the the tank they begin building biofilms and processing waste 20:08 - kspkcm: Hello everyone. 20:08 - Alvin Koh: hi kspkcm 20:08 - MicrobeLiftScot: If your LFS tells you dry bacteria is better, they have not compared it to the effeciveness of Microbe-Lift liquids. 20:08 - MicrobeLift: some of the good bacteria exist only in liquid form. 20:09 - BarraCuda™: From ahsong, Why every time after I feed my rays Market Prawn got many bubbles on the surface? How to solve this problem? 20:09 - MicrobeLiftScot: The bubbling on the surface after feeding your rays prawn is most likely due to excess proteins in the water from the food 20:09 - D24: What are those power in the powered BB? 20:09 - MicrobeLiftScot: Special Blend bacteria when used regularly will break down proteins. 20:10 - spencertan: I have a question, why will some things like bacteria bloom suddenly occurs,even without you feeding your livestocks with e.g MP,aka market prawns? 20:10 - MicrobeLiftScot: Bacteria feed on many things. There are bacteria that will feed on phosphate in the water and nitrogen from the air and bllom. 20:11 - Rein-Biotech Services: I'm in, sorry for being late 20:11 - MicrobeLiftScot: Different bacteria, different food sources. They may be getting what they need even if you arent adding food 20:11 - kspkcm: Some companies produce different beneficial bacteria for freshwater and marine aquariums. Do you also make different products for freshwater and marine aquariums? 20:12 - MicrobeLiftScot: Our bacterias are grown to adapt to any water, fresh, brackish or salt. They grow slower in salt, but they work 20:12 - MicrobeLiftScot: We hear all of the time that this is not possible, yet we do it every day 20:12 - BarraCuda™: Can a carbon source(sugar, alcohol) rapidly increase the bacteria count? 20:13 - MicrobeLift: MirobeLift Special Blend and Nite Out II can be used for both fresh water and salt water tanks. 20:13 - john ng: here's something I've always wondered... during water change, after sucking up all the visible dirt, is it better to left the hose at the top half or bottom half for the tank to remove water? does it matter? 20:13 - Alvin Koh: hi Rein, no worries. we just started 20:13 - MicrobeLiftScot: Producing bacteria for water quality improvemnet is our primary business 20:13 - WiNd.feNg: Wow, im on time! 20:13 - Alvin Koh: hi WiNg.feNg 20:14 - PBB: how is bacteria being kept alive in a bottle and how long is the shelf life of your product ? 20:14 - WiNd.feNg: hello all 20:14 - washywashy: The nitrosomonas in "Nite out", how do they survive in the bottle? 20:14 - MicrobeLiftScot: WHen removing water during a water change it may be best to vary the position in the tank, If you keepthe hose at the top you may miss the heavyier elements 20:15 - MicrobeLift: Our bacteria has the longest shelf live >3 years 20:15 - MicrobeLiftScot: at the bottom, you will noy be removing excess proteins that form on the surface 20:15 - Mali: Hi all, I would like to ask...adding salt to tank water will it help for freshwater aquarium such as arowana and others of the like. Thank you. 20:15 - Navy: Will BB in sump tank survive when doing water change? It takes bat an hour to drain & refill my tank (7x2.5x2.5) 20:15 - MicrobeLift: How it is kept that long is proprietary information 20:15 - PBB: thanks 20:16 - kspkcm: For freshwater beneficial bacteria, I noticed that you have different bacteria for aquariums and ponds. In what way are they different and why? 20:16 - MicrobeLiftScot: Adding salt in low quantities is in my opinion beneficial for all fish. There are those who would disagree 20:16 - MicrobeLiftScot: as long as the bio media remains wet during the water change it should be fine 20:17 - Navy: Even if no air pump? 20:17 - MicrobeLift: The bacteria for aquarium and pond are culture with different process to suit different environmental application 20:17 - MicrobeLiftScot: kspkcm - the bacteria for ponds and aquariums may contain the same strains, but they are grown in a different nutrient better suited to their eventual use 20:18 - MicrobeLift: The types of microbes used are quite similar 20:18 - Cow36: Hi all, Good evening Is it harmful to have the ohf filtration expose to direct sunlight for a couple of hours? 20:18 - kspkcm: Thanks 20:18 - Alvin Koh: Reminder: Chat message colors are deliberately surpressed for the live chat to provide emphasis to the guest speakers' message. 20:18 - MicrobeLiftScot: The pond PL would not be good to add to an aquarium under 100 gallons US. The nutrient level would be too high 20:19 - ric1797: Hi. 1 silly question. Is there any sign from the tank water to tell us is time to add bbs or we need to add whenever perform water change ? 20:19 - WiNd.feNg: From my knowledge, I suppose liquid bacteria are actually living in a broth solution, ie Lysogeny broth etc. Once they deplete the nutrients in the broth, they die out for form cyst. So, my question is, are bacteria in the MicrobeLift liquid solution actu 20:19 - MicrobeLiftScot: It is a good idea to add additional bacteria after a water change to replace what we call washout 20:20 - mihatah: hi guys, 20:20 - Alvin Koh: hi mihatah 20:20 - WiNd.feNg: soltion are actually dormant or alive, and if they are dormant, long it takes to activate them? 20:20 - MicrobeLiftScot: Othe than that, the best thing is to follow dosage directions. If you develop a problem or spill too much food in the water you can always add additional bacteria 20:21 - MicrobeLift: You are right, if bacteria are awake, the nutrient in the bottle will finish very fast. 20:21 - MicrobeLiftScot: Our bacteria in Special Blend and Nite-Out II are live and begin working immediately 20:21 - washywashy: Is it a must to use these 2 products together? 20:21 - MicrobeLift: In MicrobeLift, the bacteria are in hybernation state when the bottle is not opened 20:21 - washywashy: It's said that it would best to use Special blend first followed by nite out 20:22 - ric1797: So am i right to say, add bbs to according to water volume rather than the amount of water change ? Many Thanks. 20:22 - spencertan: May i ask a question? Like,ok i know frequent water changes are essential for the growth of the fish like aro with the tlc they deserve,but how do you ensure that the water parameters will be the same after water change? do you have any products that do s 20:22 - MicrobeLiftScot: It is actually best to add them together. 20:22 - MicrobeLift: Yes ric1797 20:23 - washywashy: So these 2 products contain 2 different types of bacteria meant for different functions? 20:23 - MicrobeLiftScot: You cant really overdose with our bacteria, so it is best to add based on total water volume 20:23 - MicrobeLift: Nitrosomonas and nitrobacters are also found in Special Blend, but in much less quantity 20:23 - Alvin Koh: <i>spencer</i>, you may wish to split your question into 2 lines, There is a submission limit of about 250 characters 20:24 - kspkcm: Also understand that you have a bacterial balancer for arowanas. What is the difference? Why are there is so many different types of beneficial bacteria? 20:24 - MicrobeLiftScot: Yes the two products are different. Special Blend is waste degraders and denitrifiers, This is the best product to add for ongoing overall water quality improvement 20:24 - spencertan: erm i finished my sentence,so can answer liao 20:24 - MicrobeLiftScot: Nite-Out II is Nitrifying bacteria for processing ammonia to nitrite then nitrate 20:25 - MicrobeLiftScot: the two are meant to be used together for a complete balanced bio filter system 20:25 - mihatah: hi everyone. Scot, as some like to frequent wash, like twice a week, will too often dosage have any harm? 20:26 - juvenn: In my case, I did water change every 3 day , adding the Bac will it help ? Will the chlorine destroy the Bac ? 20:26 - BarraCuda™: Does special blend break down/dissolve solid waste? 20:26 - Rein-Biotech Services: hi spencer, what water parameters are you referring to? 20:26 - MicrobeLiftScot: In order to ensure that water parameters remain the same before and after water changes the best thing is probably to do more frequent smaller changes. However, using water conditioners and pH adjusters/buffers and bacteria, will help you 20:26 - MicrobeLift: With MicrobeLift, you can extend the period of water change as the water is better quality 20:27 - MicrobeLiftScot: stay as close as possible before and after the change 20:27 - spencertan: Hi rein, water parameters such as ph level, nitrate level, etc. 20:27 - MicrobeLiftScot: Special Blend breaks down organic solids. iT CONSUMES FATS, GREASE, GLYCEROL AND PROTEIN 20:28 - MicrobeLiftScot: sorry about the caps 20:28 - MicrobeLift: Microlift can without low level of chlorin 20:28 - ric1797: Sorry to ask. If we use both for our new tank, will it shorten the cycle process and mature new media ? 20:28 - MicrobeLiftScot: It is best to remove the chlorine first 20:28 - MicrobeLiftScot: Yes! 20:29 - MicrobeLiftScot: Using Special Blend and Nite-Out II when you first add fish will dramatically shorten the cycling time 20:29 - BarraCuda™: Can we expect a significiant drop in nitrate if we dose special blend? 20:29 - D24: kspkcm: Also understand that you have a bacterial balancer for arowanas. What is the difference? Why are there is so many different types of beneficial bacteria? 20:30 - MicrobeLiftScot: We have data from an independent lab that showed freshwater tanks set up new and loaded with fish cycled all the way through to nitrate in as little as 4 hours 20:30 - MicrobeLiftScot: That was faster than we were promoting 20:30 - ric1797: Thanks. 20:30 - MicrobeLiftScot: saltwater takes longer to cycle, about 14 hours 20:31 - Alvin Koh: That's still incredible compared to a month long cycle. 20:31 - MicrobeLift: Yes 20:31 - MicrobeLiftScot: You can expect a significant drop in nitrate level after adding SB as long as you have an anoxic or anaerobic zone in the tank 20:32 - MicrobeLift: MicrobeLift BB has that special capability\ 20:32 - MicrobeLiftScot: that can be a deep gravel or sand bed, or lots of bio media in a very low flow area of the tank or filter 20:33 - BarraCuda™: What would be the best method for inoculating new media? 20:33 - MicrobeLiftScot: Bacterial Balancer is a different product all together. This is a spore based bacteria, not live in the bottle. It's job is provide additional support to the water quality 20:33 - MicrobeLift: gel inoculant 20:33 - MicrobeLiftScot: we think of it as a supplement to Special Blend 20:34 - MicrobeLiftScot: The Bacterial Balancer is better at tying up phosphate, so in addition to the nitrate removal ability of SB they make a powerful natural algae control team 20:35 - BarraCuda™: From davieboy, I am using XTreme. Many water conditioners claim to remove ammonia, detoxifies nitrites. How does the product actually works? 20:36 - MicrobeLiftScot: To inoculate new media just add the bacteria and let it colonize. we do make a product called Gel Filter Cartridge Inoculant that sticks right to the media and conditions it a little faster 20:37 - MicrobeLiftScot: The Xtreme contains a pattented molecule called Chloram-X. This molecule binds to ammonia instantly and permanantly converting it to a new organic compound that is non toxic that can be broken down by the bacteria in the tank 20:38 - MicrobeLiftScot: nitrite removal is done by a similar process. Ammonia removal rates are much greater than nitrite or nitrate removal at this time 20:38 - BarraCuda™: From davieboy, XTreme claims that it boosts alkalinity. Will this adjust the pH. If yes, by how much. If no, why? 20:39 - MicrobeLiftScot: That was probably a poor choice of words by marketing. It should say "Helps stabilize pH" 20:40 - MicrobeLiftScot: The amount of alkalinty boosting is so minor you probably wouldnt notice it when testing your aquarium 20:40 - BarraCuda™: From davieboy, After adding XTreme, a lot of bubbles formed on the surface of my tank. However, they break up easily. May I know what is the cause of this? Can you please explain why this happens? 20:40 - MicrobeLiftScot: the KH is also very important to the function of nitrifying bacteria, so adding a little carbonate booster helps keep them working properly 20:42 - MicrobeLiftScot: The bubbles in this case are due to one of the ingredients. It is harmless and as you noted, disapates easily. 20:42 - BarraCuda™: From davieboy, What does it mean by “adds a multi-part skin-slime replacer”? 20:43 - MicrobeLiftScot: Ther are many methods of helping to replace the slime coat 20:44 - MicrobeLiftScot: we use a combination of methods (multi-Part) to safely stimulate the natural production of slime coat essential to a fishes health 20:44 - haya23busa: hi, scot : The pH in our local water source is always about 8 to 9. How can I reduce and stabilise it at 6.5. Do you have any product that can do this? 20:44 - MicrobeLiftScot: We do have products to lower and stabilize pH 20:45 - MicrobeLift: ReinBiotech has stock for both products 20:45 - MicrobeLiftScot: The first thing to determine is what the pH settles at after it has been sitting for a few hours. Most water that comes out of the tap at high pH has a tendancy to drop some on its own 20:46 - BarraCuda™: What is the end product after using Gravel & Substrate Cleaner, nitrate? can it eliminate sludge physically? 20:46 - MicrobeLiftScot: I would then recommend using the Aqua Acid Buffer to convert excess carbonate to carbon dioxide driopping the pH 20:47 - MicrobeLift: Most of the organic matters in the sludge will be degraded into CO2, H2O and N2 20:47 - MicrobeLiftScot: If additional adjustment is needed we also make a pH Decreaser, but I prefer the Aqua Acid Buffer. This is agreat product for use with live plants as well |
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