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A very practical question. Should we worry about adding material from this region? I can imagine arguments in either direction and I'm not aware of evidence that supports general statements at this point.I'm definitely interested in this. I just ordered some Florida Keys sand and mud. Now it makes me wondering about using them or not take the chance and throw it out.
Eli, same sand and mud you referred to in a previous article to increase bacteria.
Out of the 4 bacteria I described here, 3 of them have never shown up in my home tanks - including the samples *after* adding live mud and sand from FloridaPets.
One of them (the Planktotalea sp.) was actually present (at similar levels) in several of my tanks before the live mud and sand addition, including one of the treated tanks. So I do not see any evidence to blame this presence on the live mud & sand.
Overall, I think the evidence supports a conclusion that the material I bought and added to my tanks did not introduce any of these SCTLD-associated bacteria.