[APD] Mulm shelf life-How long will it keep?

["Jerry Smith" <jerrytheplater at hotmail_com>]

I plan to follow Tom Barr's recomendation to add mulm to the gravel of a new 
tank to speed up its establishment. The tank I am setting up is a 75 gallon 
planted African Cichlid tank at my work in my bosses office. I have 
temporarily set up a 20 High using mulm that I brought down immediately 
after harvesting at my house. I need to set up a second temporary tank at 
work and want to know how long the mulm will remain active after removing it 
from the gravel bed at home. I could keep it in a 5 gallon bucket with a 
heater and air stone. I would like to store it for at least two days. I 
believe the humic portion will probably keep indefinately, but it is the 
bacteria that I am worried about. Any help

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