Kordon Rid Ich Plus and bacteria bloom?

[Jack L]

am I crazy here? I thought it was common knowledge that a bacterial bloom was caused by not having enough nitrifying bacteria. when you kill off a lot of your beneficial bacteria and do not lower your bioload the result is a bacterial bloom. the bloom is the bacteria's attempt to suddenly try to regenerate itself to absorb/convert the ammonia/nitrites...

yeah, makes sense. i read that its in the water column because there is not enough surface area in the tank and filter for it to attach to so it just floats in the water

so you guys think it kills off bacteria, even though Kordon claims it won't.... seems plausible...it certainly does something to cloud up and and stink up the water.

thanks for help/info/thoughts.

[DJW]

Bacterial bloom, if that's what was behind the cloudiness, is caused by excess organic material such as proteins in the water column. These are whitish heterotrophic bacteria that feed on organic materials and reproduce really fast. Nitrifying bacteria reproduce much too slowly to cause a bacterial bloom, and nitrifying bacteria don't "eat" organic material, instead they consume inorganic ammonia and nitrite.

[Eddie]

Of course. It's formalin/malachite green. It will certainly kill off some beneficial nitrifying bacteria.

Die off = waste or excess organics.

[Jack L]

Bacterial bloom, if that's what was behind the cloudiness, is caused by excess organic material such as proteins in the water column. These are whitish heterotrophic bacteria that feed on organic materials and reproduce really fast. Nitrifying bacteria reproduce much too slowly to cause a bacterial bloom, and nitrifying bacteria don't "eat" organic material, instead they consume inorganic ammonia and nitrite.

okay thanks