Hello, I have a quick question that I need answered quickly.
Recently I have had the pleasure of adopting some nice little fishies for my aquarium which has been setting empty for about a year now. I am a fairly experienced freshwater fish keeper with many many years of successful aquariums in my past. However, I currently have a delema, I have a full community of fish now and have not had the chance to cycle my tank before receiving them. I currently do not have enough money to buy a secondary tank so, I need to find a fast way to cycle this tank.
I continplated getting some gravel from a friend's cycled tank to speed the process up but I would really like to give this new product Bio-Spira that I've been hearing about a try. My question to all of you that have had experience with the product is can I dump it into a tank that's been up with fish for about a week and is obviously experiencing somewhat high ammonia and nitrites?
Also, I've sent an e-mail to the makers of Bio-Spira to ask them but have not received any response yet.
My water was at 7.0 and safe all the way arround before I got the fish and plants but once they were added the whole chemistry is way out of wack (6.2-6.5 PH, high ammonia, high nitrates, etc.), so I need to do this quick!
-John
Recently I have had the pleasure of adopting some nice little fishies for my aquarium which has been setting empty for about a year now. I am a fairly experienced freshwater fish keeper with many many years of successful aquariums in my past. However, I currently have a delema, I have a full community of fish now and have not had the chance to cycle my tank before receiving them. I currently do not have enough money to buy a secondary tank so, I need to find a fast way to cycle this tank.
I continplated getting some gravel from a friend's cycled tank to speed the process up but I would really like to give this new product Bio-Spira that I've been hearing about a try. My question to all of you that have had experience with the product is can I dump it into a tank that's been up with fish for about a week and is obviously experiencing somewhat high ammonia and nitrites?
Also, I've sent an e-mail to the makers of Bio-Spira to ask them but have not received any response yet.
My water was at 7.0 and safe all the way arround before I got the fish and plants but once they were added the whole chemistry is way out of wack (6.2-6.5 PH, high ammonia, high nitrates, etc.), so I need to do this quick!
-John