Ummm using dirt to cycle tank or something.........

Was reading propaganda the other day and believe it or not scientists have made a
eak through!<
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>Ya see right, they put plants in rooms that had toxin in them. Toxins you ask? Yes, anyway they noticed the pot plants absorbed toxins outta the air magic like. So they did more studys and low and behold it weren''t the plants at all see. Turns out it was the bacteria in the soil.<
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>So now you can buy a ''bacteria in a bottle'' that is for fishtanks AND potplants. You see if you bubble water through a fish tank IT BECOMES AN AIR FILTER FOR YOU. Now without thinking of the sort of health dangers that maybe bubbling mass
eathing air thru a bacteria rich enviroment like a fish tank could cause ITS AN AWESOME IDEA.<
>Although I''m thinking that if companys are really going to be taken in by this, they may just skip the bacteria in a bottle and move their desks to prime dairy land. <
>It does beg the question though, could you DIY a nice ''room'' filter....  or just go hardcore and buy a potplant and tip some used fishtank water you cleaned a filter in on it.<
>Seriously though, is it the same sorta bacteria as in fish tank filters? A good healthy filter certainly has a very similar smell to damp earth. <
>Has anyone here tried using cycled freshwater sponges in a marine tank before? <
>Bit frustrating to even ponder whats in your tank without an electron microscope handy. But one thing seems clear.<
>Dirt is officially a filter media.<
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What toxins?<
>How effective is this ''filtration''? <
>What bacteria?<
> Edited by: oldmatebobo at: 24/5/05 22:51<
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[Dyce]

Theres thousands of biotic bacteria everywhere, I mean ur body''s full of it, but it generally does different things, but even still no doubt even just the nutrients in the filterwater would make the plants happy as a man with 3 nipples. fish fish fish fish turkey fish fish gobble

Well bob instead of a grilling how about you go look see for yourself?<
>I mean the advertising campaign can''t be too far off and has probably already started.....<
>google is your friend.<
>Long day of building powerhead powered subs that sorta pulled a train carrage around a track. All was going well until we began glueing plastic farm animals and dinosaurs to bits of slate. Made it kinda cramped in the tank and had to redo all the filters.......<
>It''s harder work than you think to be creative these days, but methinks the farm tank, she''s a goer.<
>I like dirt.

What grilling