good head's up, haven't had it happen yet though, but did have a friend complain of cloudy water a long time ago after water changes. I'll have to pass that on. thanks
bb on bio-wheels
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"haha, paging Dr. Joe. to Setup and Filtration"....You forgot STAT! 
Colony will start to die off as soon as food is removed. On large bio-media there is enough bacteria to re-colonize by the time the ammonia is back up after a W/C.
Remember there are several types of bacteria at work here, this is why you hear conflicting stories of when they die off because they die off at different rates and for different reasons (lack of food / oxygen / moisture / too much light / too hot / too cold, etc).
Keeping the media in a bucket (tank) of used tank water with aeration would be about the best you could do for long term, then cut back on things if necessary (ie air / bucket & so on).
I alway save some of the used tank water till last (after the W/C's)...just in case
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Dr Joe
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Colony will start to die off as soon as food is removed. On large bio-media there is enough bacteria to re-colonize by the time the ammonia is back up after a W/C.
Remember there are several types of bacteria at work here, this is why you hear conflicting stories of when they die off because they die off at different rates and for different reasons (lack of food / oxygen / moisture / too much light / too hot / too cold, etc).
Keeping the media in a bucket (tank) of used tank water with aeration would be about the best you could do for long term, then cut back on things if necessary (ie air / bucket & so on).
I alway save some of the used tank water till last (after the W/C's)...just in case
.Dr Joe
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ewurm;1015628; said:
You don't tear down your HOB's down every W/C ???
That explains things...Go to your room!
Not sure I never keep them off more than an hour or so.
When the power goes out the first thing I do is toos thewheels and biocartridges in the tank
When the power goes out the first thing I do is toos thewheels and biocartridges in the tank
I had to bleach the fish room floor so i turned off the air pump on a tank and along with the filters so i could plug the vacuum in and i fell asleep for about 5 hours. Woke up and realized i had forgot, plugged them back in and it was fine.
Dr Joe;1015618; said:"haha, paging Dr. Joe. to Setup and Filtration"....You forgot STAT!
Colony will start to die off as soon as food is removed. On large bio-media there is enough bacteria to re-colonize by the time the ammonia is back up after a W/C.
Remember there are several types of bacteria at work here, this is why you hear conflicting stories of when they die off because they die off at different rates and for different reasons (lack of food / oxygen / moisture / too much light / too hot / too cold, etc).
Keeping the media in a bucket (tank) of used tank water with aeration would be about the best you could do for long term, then cut back on things if necessary (ie air / bucket & so on).
I alway save some of the used tank water till last (after the W/C's)...just in case
Dr Joe
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Was a recent article in TFH about nitrifying bacteria..
She talked about a number of different beliefs in the aquarium hobby, as well as consulted with a number of biologists on the matter.. The summary of her article was that there is no factual evidence that supports all the many theories about BB.. Basically, just try your best not to kill it off.
I think without doing a number of controlled tests, it would be hard to determine any of these theories as factual..
I advise my customers to put their biomax beads or bio-wheels inside the tank or in a bucket of 'dirty old' tank water when doing maintenance..
90% of cloudy water is a bacterial bloom, which happens whenever the Ammonia output in your tank exceeds the amount of Nitrifying Bacterias (heterotrophic, nitrosomas, nitrobacter) in your tank.. either from overcleaning, overfeeding, or overstocking too rapidly.
