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El Kabong! - 6 years ago

Wow bro now this is the first videos that actually shows results. Great Job man. You cannot beat videos such as this.

Larry Barry - 7 years ago

Microbacter7 is amazing stuff eats nitrates up and adds good bacteria just as good if not better then Nopox also it removes phosphates in the water

SEIKO PLANTADOS ACUARIOS CDMX - 7 years ago

Booooooring!!!

George Rivera - 7 years ago

You just proved so many people wrong! excellent video!

Hai Duong - 8 years ago

Thank you for the Video :)

Victor Baker - 8 years ago

Nice video but I have never questioned if they put something living in it. But if it was alive buy the time I buy it. Ok you proved that. Something was living in it. But did he lab find any that died? And if so what percentage was dead? And I am still looking for the names of the three bacteria that do all this wonderful work for me. But that is kind of dead information that nobody seems to use. This is old. But you never know where you are going to find what your looking for.

NL3044 - 8 years ago

Each company create various strains of bacteria, it is generally their secret otherwise people can manufacture their products. It's no different than cooking food and putting it in the fridge. It doesn't kill the bacteria as such but put them into a dormant state and they will activate once put into the right conditions. If you take out food and leave it at room temp, it will decay very quickly. Once this bacteria hits the saltwater at the right temp and salinity, it will activate them and they will start to multiply with a nutrition source.

Jerry B - 8 years ago

the bacteria is not stored in glass or water is stored in the rock or sand

Susie Que - 8 years ago

Thanks for doing that. You can read for hours on forums about this product as to whether it has anything in it, and its benefit to a tank. Thanks again!

CG H - 9 years ago

Did any of the labs give you Genus- or species-level info? If so, could you please post it? I am curious about what's actually in the product and if it could be cultured easily.

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martin Proulx - 9 years ago

thanks we cannot have a better review!

Jamie Wilson - 9 years ago

Awesome job. Nice to be certain about the quality of the product, too.

FREESTYLE FISHING - 9 years ago

Why do all these tards want to know if the bacteria ia alive in the bottle. Theirs bacteria in yogurt why not in this bottle.

nickclub - 9 years ago

Great vid, thanks for your hard work. I was on the fence but now I am sold!

Jon Shapiro - 10 years ago

Great work! I work for a major pharmaceutical company where we perform culture and analysis of bacteria, and your methods were spot-on for the type of sampling that can be performed in a non-lab environment. I use MB7 in my reef tanks when appropriate, but have only been able to observe effectiveness through observation and empirical evidence. It was nice to see someone take a scientific approach to it. As for the naysayers who question how bacteria could possibly survive in a bottle, a little digging online can show you that bacteria are one of the most resilient and versatile organisms on Earth, and can survive in many of the most extreme and inhospitable conditions the planet has to offer, even frozen solid. A few months in a bottle is like a ride on a cruise ship compared to what many of them can handle. Again, great job!

DanceTweety Looney Tune - 10 years ago

Really great stuff. You went out of your way here becouse labs are not cheap.

ReefDVMs - 10 years ago

+DanceTweety Looney Tune thanks

madmanhiker - 10 years ago

Thank you! Great video!

gtirlad08 - 10 years ago

Fantastic video mate,there's lots of products out there that say they do this and that but you can only take there word for it.....I was abit(should I buy or not)after seeing your video I'm sold,thumbs up to you,the makers of this product should be paying you

rockstar - 10 years ago

How can a bacteria stay alive in a bottle?

YouWrasse IsMine - 10 years ago

Very nice study. Thanks

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Manny Freshh - 10 years ago

Amazing video

Javier V. - 10 years ago

really good video man, it is not often you see a straightforward documentary

Oswalds Reef - 10 years ago

I thought standard water was 1.0000 why do you state 1.011?

Hafnas Nasar - 10 years ago

Fritzzyme Turbo Start is way stronger and works better than any other bac out there. youtube " FRTIZZYME TURBO START 900" . I believe in this product as they culture saltwater specific strains compared to other products.

ReefDVMs - 10 years ago

We will look into it, always good to look into new things

ReefDVMs - 11 years ago

Thanks

ReeVo Reef - 11 years ago

Awesome video!

ReefDVMs - 11 years ago

Thanks

SIMUANGCO2468 - 11 years ago

Thank you for doing this!!!!!! You are a great person!!!!!

Reid Chaplin - 11 years ago

reefing NERDS!

epsyuma - 11 years ago

Very well done! Thank you.

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ReefDVMs - 11 years ago

We set out to prove 1# if the product really is full of live bacteria? Yes it is, and the bacteria we know based on the cultures. Your right anaerobics didnt grow. We set out to prove 2# can it last longer then 24 hours in an aquarium? Yes it can. We did get quantity results but off blood plates after it had been incubated also we did not type the different species of bacillus that were cultured for we dont have endless budgets but feel free to re-due this experimentif you like=)

Peter H - 11 years ago

Hi there, in your video you commented that the bacteria culture had a high density rate but didnt mention how many types were found. It seem like there was only one type. The product is supposed to have multiple strains including an anerobic type, which you mention there were none. So, yes its great that there were a high rate of living bacteria, but does the product contain all that it says it contains?

ReefDVMs - 11 years ago

Thanks for your kind words and I hope you find other videos also helpful.

Carmen Polanco - 11 years ago

wow... What an awesome thing to do, and than share with us.. Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful information at your time and expense..

Jacob Elliott - 11 years ago

you should have done a control tank that didnt have the additive to see just how much it increased the rate of bacteria!!!

ReefDVMs - 12 years ago

thanks

Jin Ivasawa - 12 years ago

Top Notch Stuff . Impressive . I love this product at saw results but i had doubts that it has live bacteria in it . but now we know .

ReefDVMs - 12 years ago

Very good suggestion but hard to science-wise measure the success. I have thought about how to prove it continues to be of benefit other then my success and opinion and its really hard to prove without two identical systems

Craig Crouse - 12 years ago

Hi there Reefdvm great work on this video - keep em coming. Now I have a suggestion for you in regards to the product you are reviewing. Now you have it down to a science. You've proven that the bacteria is alive in the bottle and that it can stay alive for x amount of time in a saltwater aqaurium. Now can you examine how well the product works? How well will the cycle go? Anyways, I'm getting tired so I'm off to the races. If you could it would be very interesting to see how it all pans out!

Jin Ivasawa - 12 years ago

i use this everyday and this makes me happy that i spent all that money on something so good.

ReefDVMs - 12 years ago

Thanks, appreciate the new nice comment

jnrandall - 12 years ago

great video.

ReefDVMs - 12 years ago

We would have liked to quantitative that more but due to cost issues and such we were very pleased to see the heavy growth and consistent growth on each plate. So the baseline tank plates were close to negative, and the reports via the labs on the plates after the adding the product were very consistent with no major contamination, which to us was pleasing to us. We still use this product weekly and love it.

ReefDVMs - 12 years ago

The tank was bleached and RO DI water with salt via reef crystals was added to the tank then we plated, the result on those ten plates were 8 negative and to with growth, one was malazzeia and another was I think bacis cocci areobic growth and since not consisent we assume containinated some how. As far as after we added the product, all the plates grew a group of bacillus bacteria.

Thiagu Sankranti - 12 years ago

very good review ! good work. it was very useful, I was looking about this

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