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Message: [QUOTE="Mucky_Waters, post: 330207, member: 3859"] The point was there is no need to inoculate the algae, it's there already (just like the bacteria). That's why algae blooms are so common in new ponds, even ones where no one has added ammonia or algae. Algae and nitrifying bacteria both consume ammonia, but they do have a couple key differences, algae thrives in sunlight and won't grow at all in the absence of light, also algae requires very little oxygen. Nitifying bacteria on the other hand thrive in an oxygen rich environment, but grow just fine with zero sunlight. Really wana speed up the nitrification process? make sure you get lots of oxygenation in the water, especially in your bio-filter if you have one.I expect that would do more than adding redundant bacteria that is already present in the pond. [/QUOTE]