Starter Bacteria

[patrickriley2010]

What brand do you use ?


My bio wheel seized up again and I think I probably lost almost all my progress I need to get more but idk what brand ?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

You mean the bio wheel stopped spinning on your marineland? If you have any other material in your filter and/or substrate you will have plenty of bb still

 

[patrickriley2010]

You mean the bio wheel stopped spinning on your marineland? If you have any other material in your filter and/or substrate you will have plenty of bb still

I had to take out my original filter because it was clogged but before i did I put a new one behind the old one so that t would grown bacteria

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

And you have sand or gravel in the tank?

 

[patrickriley2010]

And you have sand or gravel in the tank?

I'm replacing it soon I didn't know what I was doing when I set this up! I got big arse gravel! More like stones !





Switching to sand soon

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I had the same stuff. there should be plenty of bb in there you don't need to worry about the bio wheel

 

[patrickriley2010]

I had the same stuff. there should be plenty of bb in there you don't need to worry about the bio wheel

Okay we'll I'm getting rid of the gravel soon so how long before the bio wheel collects some of the BB that's in the tank and starts to regrow?

 

[Coryluv]

Okay we'll I'm getting rid of the gravel soon so how long before the bio wheel collects some of the BB that's in the tank and starts to regrow?

I'd wait on changing the gravel for a month or two in order to give your beneficial bacteria a chance. Your biofilter is at a more fragile stage right now. If you change your gravel and your filter is new, you are nearly starting over. Next time, just gently slosh your filter material in a bucket of tank water that you then discard. As long as you unclog the material by sloshing, you can use your filter material for a long time. By then your wheel should be good again.

The only way to tell if your bio filter is working is to test your water. There is no set time for it to regrow.

 

[patrickriley2010]

I'd wait on changing the gravel for a month or two in order to give your beneficial bacteria a chance. Your biofilter is at a more fragile stage right now. If you change your gravel and your filter is new, you are nearly starting over. Next time, just gently slosh your filter material in a bucket of tank water that you then discard. As long as you unclog the material by sloshing, you can use your filter material for a long time. By then your wheel should be good again.

The only way to tell if your bio filter is working is to test your water. There is no set time for it to regrow.

I have is sitting in a still bucket of old tank water will the BB still be alive after a day 1/2

 

[DavidAl]

To answer your question, I use Tetra Safe Start and/or Dr. Tim's One and Only.

David

 

[patrickriley2010]

To answer your question, I use Tetra Safe Start and/or Dr. Tim's One and Only.

David

Thanks !

 

[patrickriley2010]

Went to petsmart and... They were out of the smaller safe start ? How about the API

 

[DavidAl]

I've never used Quick Start. They sell Tetra Safe Start at Walmart, by the way.

David

 

[patrickriley2010]

I've never used Quick Start. They sell Tetra Safe Start at Walmart, by the way.

David

I live by a ghetto Walmart new on the outside mid 90's layout on the inside torn up boxes horrible shelving I don't think they have fish at that one lol

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

The API stuff works good, there is a searches product forgot the name though