I decided to try something a little different this time while cycling my 5 gal tank. I was reading about a product I had not seen before called Stability by Seachem. It claims "rapid and safe establishment of Bio-filter". It also has an expiration date and says it contains live nitrifying bacteria.
I went to petsmart and asked if I could return the product if it did not live up to it's claims of preventing "New Tank Syndrome". They said I could.
So, I picked up 3 zebra danios and a bottle of this product. I have had good luck with other seachem products in the past so I figured I would give it a shot. Not sure if it is new or not, but I had not seen it before. I figured it was most likely a bottle of snake oil, and I am not one to generally go adding any chemical into my tank.
Well, so far, it is working. The fish have been in for 2 days, and ammonia has not gone over .25. In fact, it is barely registering any ammonia, both with a dip strip test and a liquid titration test. The ammonia level has not changed between yesterday evening and this evening. Now, I am thinking that with 3 fish in a 5 gal tank, I would see more ammonia than that after 2 days without a water change.
Basically the dosing schedule is 5 ml per 10 gal every day for 7 days.
So far it has performed better than I expected. It could be a combination of all the plants I have put into the tank sucking up some of the ammonia, but we will see how it works out.
Has anyone else used this product?
I went to petsmart and asked if I could return the product if it did not live up to it's claims of preventing "New Tank Syndrome". They said I could.
So, I picked up 3 zebra danios and a bottle of this product. I have had good luck with other seachem products in the past so I figured I would give it a shot. Not sure if it is new or not, but I had not seen it before. I figured it was most likely a bottle of snake oil, and I am not one to generally go adding any chemical into my tank.
Well, so far, it is working. The fish have been in for 2 days, and ammonia has not gone over .25. In fact, it is barely registering any ammonia, both with a dip strip test and a liquid titration test. The ammonia level has not changed between yesterday evening and this evening. Now, I am thinking that with 3 fish in a 5 gal tank, I would see more ammonia than that after 2 days without a water change.
Basically the dosing schedule is 5 ml per 10 gal every day for 7 days.
So far it has performed better than I expected. It could be a combination of all the plants I have put into the tank sucking up some of the ammonia, but we will see how it works out.
Has anyone else used this product?
