fearlessfisch
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Okay, what we need is someone here to start two new tanks at the same time, exact same conditions, one using Cycle and one not, and see what happens. Who's up for it and has the extra tanks lying around?
Jchillin said:In layman's terms, they are claiming that the bottle contains...bacteria. Now, how is this bacteria kept alive in a dormant bottle laying on store shelves for months on end? The bottle I'm using for reference has an expiration date of October 2007.
"It is important to know what bacteria are really responsible for nitrification because, in order to mimic nature, we have to understand what we are trying to copy," Hovanec wrote. "There are many brands of bacterial mixtures for jump starting or accelerating the break-in period of newly set-up aquariums on the market. On what basis were they formulated? From research that has been done thus far we know that just putting some N. europæa and Nitrobacter winogradskyi in a bottle does not work. Of course, using this type of mixture is appealing to a lot of people because most of us don't like to wait. However, there is a lot of evidence accumulating from various research efforts that shows that the nitrifying bacteria are not dominated by just two species of bacteria-- one for ammonia oxidation and the other for nitrite oxidation. Further, the species that we had previously thought to be important may not be the critical ones."
Tony Starks said:GET A PRODUCT LIKE SEA-CHEM STABILITY, CYCLE, OR SEVERAL OTHERS!!!
Fishyfanatic said:I think this thread got kind of off topic. The original question was about Seachem Stability, not Cycle. It would be interesting to see what the results show regarding Cycle, but I'd be curious to see how the Seachem Stability compares, AND Bio-Spira.
patagonia said:hopefully i brought some light into this subject..
patagonia said:hopefully i brought some light into this subject...