Subj : Re: Magic Impregnated Gra
To : All
From : Coelacanth
Date : Mon Mar 22 2004 07:27 am
Hi Emily,
Since I know someone will suggest The Krib
(an excellent site), I'll point you to another
good site, www.skepticalaquarist.com/. Look
at the stuff on "Biofilm".
The "magic" in your gravel is obtainable by
putting ordinary muggle gravel in contact
with an established aquarium. We in the
non-wizarding world call this "bacteria".
As an aside, you may want to look into
"Biospira" which is taking the aquarium
world by storm and really does seem
like magic.
Good luck with the report!
-coelacanth
P.S. Be sure to document all your sources,
even the internet-derived ones.
"Emily" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:
[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> Tony on rec.aquaria.tech, as well as very kindly providing some links to
> pages on the nitrogen cycle, suggested posting the following message
> to rec.aquaria.misc. I apologize if anyone is offended by the duplication.
>
> I am hoping somebody on this group may be able to point me in the right
> direction.
>
> I am doing a high school research project that involves keeping
> some fish (specifically, Siamese Fighting Fish). The one that I bought
> comes in a small plastic container, with some apparently "special" gravel
> at the bottom of the tank that I gather is somehow impregnated with
> nitrifying bacteria.
>
> Now my question is about the gravel (I need to discuss an innovation for
> my research report). Has anyone heard of such bacteria-impregnated gravel?
> The claim in the brochure is that filters and mechanical aeration are
> unnecessary because of this magical stuff.
>
> Where can I look to find out more about it, such as who invented it and
> when, how is it made, and what its properties, advantages and
> disadvantages are? I asked the people who sold me the fish and they were
> strangely evasive -- presumably because it's their commercial secret
> and they don't want anyone cutting in on their business.
>
> I would be very grateful for any clues, no matter how small.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Regards,
>
> Emily
>
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