eduguy
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Hi
Does this work?
Oh. I think i won't use it because people say it isn't good. Lots of water changes is maybe the way i'll goNo but this does.
Freshwater Aquarium Setup | Tetra Safe Start for Healthy Water Fast
And this one.
Live Nitrifying Bacteria: Lower Aquarium Nitrite and Ammonia | Fish Tank Care | DrTim's Aquatics
I've tested both and will cycle a tank in 7 days time.
No but this does.
Freshwater Aquarium Setup | Tetra Safe Start for Healthy Water Fast
And this one.
Live Nitrifying Bacteria: Lower Aquarium Nitrite and Ammonia | Fish Tank Care | DrTim's Aquatics
I've tested both and will cycle a tank in 7 days time.
Seconded on SafeStart. It actually works. I also have real world experience with it. Surprising how good it is.
jetajockey said:I tested safestart a few times and had decent results. Had good results with angelsplus active sponge filter as well.
jetajockey said:I tested safestart a few times and had decent results. Had good results with angelsplus active sponge filter as well.
Heres my take on safestart, I bought the bigger bottle (forget the actual size)
Reguardless the bottle expired in 2013 and I put 2/3s in a 29 gal and the other 1/3 in a 10 gal. The 10 gal was a fish in cycle and the 29 gal was a fishless.
The 29 gallon cycled in about 10 days. at about day 5 I was converting 4ppm of ammonia to Nitrite in about 6-12 hours. Nitrites took much longer to disappear but eventually did. I currently have 23 fish in the 29 gallon with no signs of anything but Nitrates.
Now the weird part the 10 gal I used the same exact bottle but it did not help this tank at all. Im in about 3.5 weeks and its still not cycled (very very close but not 100%) at this point I actually moved the fish in this tank to the 29 gallon to complete the 10 gal cycle fishless.
EDIT: Water is from the same tap, same ph, same water conditioner same everything
cmybliss said:Glad to hear about the active sponge as I have one on the way.
jetajockey said:Yeah their process is one of the best since it's literally like taking an established sponge out of a working tank. My only gripe is that they utilize ups ground so transit takes a little longer than usps and they don't insulate the package like one would do with a live fish package. As hpi mentioned, these bacteria supplements (the proper ones) are very susceptible to heat / cold. They have more of a tolerance than a fish in a bag, but they are still quite sensitive nonetheless.
jetajockey said:Yeah it won't hurt anything.
Mr.Pleco said:I'd look into Special Blend. You can find it at petco. It's the same stuff. I've used it on all my tanks from 10g-150g. Amazing stuff. Got my friend to buy some when his tank was stalling in cycle and it cycle in 2 days.
It smells bad but it works lol