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Ouch.
>>A complex animal such as a
>>rat or bear or human or fish can perhaps live on a lower nutrient levels,
>>slowly wasting, but surviving, but the lifespan of a bacteria is so quick,
>>that they can't sit in your tank, soaking up nutrients for months. I
>>believe that if they don't have the nutrients to live and breed, they just
>>die. Thus the population is adjusted according to availability of
>nutrients.
>>As far as applying proof, the person who proposed the idea of
>overpopulation
>>is required to show proof.
>I am a biologist and I can assure you that bacterial do not lead a "digital
>existence." I do not know all the details of what goes on in a tank as
>regards bacteria (I do not think anyone does) but it's a lot more complex
>that you seem to think.
Now wait a minute. I never stated that all the bacterial relationships in
an aquarium were simple, I was referring to just the relationship between
the
plants and the specific bacteria that is supposedly competing with the
plants for nutrients. As far as "digital existence", I meant that the time
frame between the "birth" (YES, I know they aren't BORN...) and death of a
bacterium is so short, that they can't sit around in your tank, hibernating
like a bear in winter, existing on next to nothing, ready to rise and shine
when times are better.
> BTW, bacteria do not breed.
Yes, Perhaps I should have used the word "reproduce". Or maybe I could have
described the cell division mechanism known as binary fission in great
detail?.
>As to your request for
>"proof" you sound more like a lawyer than an aquarist.
I did not request proof. I remember, albeit rather fuzzily, someone asking
for proof that bacteria were NOT competing with plants. And no, I'm not a
lawyer. I'm a college student. :)
>If you want to
>contribute to the discussion of bacteria in tanks then do some reading or
>research and let us know what you find out. Simply stating your "beliefs"
>and challenging someone to disprove them does not help at all.
>
>Peter G. Aitken
Sure, I stated a belief or two. I also reflected on the nature of the
bacteria, and offered my views. If I'm wrong, then correct me. Many a
wrong statement has been offered and corrected in this digest, but few so
rudely rebuffed. If you have some aggression to work out, I would suggest
you take it to alt.flame, a newsgroup specifically created for this very
purpose. Sorry to offend.
Matt