But, they are still in the business to sell things, IMO, regardless of degrees
I'll say that since I have a couple too and worked in an LFS
So I wandered off and looked at some info on it:
I'll say that, by nature, I am wary of ANY such claims. There are all sorts of additives people thing are great and even necessary that many others don't use and still have great success. Marketing is a huge thing in this hobby. It gets you to believe you need additives.
Anything that eliminates toxic ammonia and nitrite is an immediate red flag. According to the label it also removes "sediment" :notsure: I do not believe in "rapidly" cycling tanks, nor should this product be necessary in any tank that is properly established. If water quality is perfect, IMO, there should be no need whatsoever for any bacterial additives (if this is what it may be). So I don't see the need. If you are waiting for bacteria to utilize a lot of sludge build up...it may be a long wait, and again doesn't address the actual problem (overfeeding, overstocking, poor maintenance).
If bacterial additives are needed, then I would personally recommend investing in cured LR and not a bottled product. If it is needed, there is a whole range of these products.
If the tank water in this case is perfect...then they just made a nice $$$$ sale and didn't solve any problem.
But that is JMO. I believe very few additives are needed in a tank. Dechlorinator for tanks using tap water. Various "liquid" foods if you wish to call them "additives." But the rest are not typically required, IMO, for a tank to properly function.
In an established tank that is able to keep ammonia and nitrite at 0, then the addition of any bacteria is a complete waste. They just won't do anything more. If the tank is NOT able to remain stable, then, IMO, there is a far greater issue and just selling a bottle of bacteria alone is not helpful.
In addition, in terms of their "Hair algae treatment" well, of course, there are a lot of products that claim to solve issues...but I am not sure how aerobic bacteria would do this. One of the nutrients that help fuel hair algae are nitrates, which arise from the breakdown of ammonia and organic wastes due to the activity of aerobic bacteria such as those added in this product. So that simply makes no real sense to me at all.
And the marine SAT (though their site says it is a hair algae treatment) on the bottle they show it says it is a clarifier and makes no mention of hair algae. So that is really confusing as well.
All JMO though
