I had posted a few days ago about starting my new tank with a full load of fish and Bio Spira but am now seeing bacteria hovering around 1 ppm. I did a 25 % pwc on Monday and as of late Tuesday the ammonia was back up to 1 again and no nitrites. I called around to several other LFC's (in Denver) and no one carries Bio Spira.
A friend of mine has a salt and freshwater tank. She uses a tank service so I asked her to ask them if they had any Bio Spira. They don't but they suggested that she give me a gallon of her freshwater from her tank and that it would accomplish the same thing as Bio Spira. I have heard of squeezing the filters from other aquariums but will just taking a gallon of other cycled water help or at least shorten my cycle. I am assuming also her water is disease free.
A friend of mine has a salt and freshwater tank. She uses a tank service so I asked her to ask them if they had any Bio Spira. They don't but they suggested that she give me a gallon of her freshwater from her tank and that it would accomplish the same thing as Bio Spira. I have heard of squeezing the filters from other aquariums but will just taking a gallon of other cycled water help or at least shorten my cycle. I am assuming also her water is disease free.