Mitrillion Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Where's the best place to buy it and how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Find a local reefer and get some live rock. Or just buy a couple pounds from one of our sponsors. Best bacteria to jump start your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peng Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 BioSpira is a very good one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger334 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 We've had great success with SeaChem Stability. http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/seachem.html#stability We are currently running control tests between some cycling bacterias to see which one is better. It's going to be interesting. Stability is what we've had the best sucess with so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I've had good success with Dr. Tim's "One and Only." http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/ I use live rock too, when I start up a tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontus Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 What is "good success"?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 What is "good success"?? No ammonia spikes, and stable tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontus Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 How do you know it was due to purchased bacteria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have used BioSpira as a bottled bacteria to instantly cycle a tank. I know Stu uses a bottled bacteria to cycle the cold water stuff as well, not sure on the one he uses. I have also used Prime and Amquel as an ammonia stabalizer. I hadn't used either in almost 9 years until a couple months ago when I moved across town and proactively dosed prime in to the system before adding the fish. IME Amquel is great at neutralizing ammonia. I used it as part of my breeding regiment for awhile. I was doing 4 10% water changes and 2 50% water changes a day and was still having ammonia issues so I would supplement Amquel to make the ammonia no longer toxic. The Amquel is what finally did the trick for me. I think most would use a product like Amquel in an emergency situation, not as an everyday thing. But when you have 5 10g's that are being fed 6x a day with no filtration on them at all, you learn to love Amquel. It is great in hospital tanks, or emergency QT tanks as well, especially ones where the medication would kill the bio filter. So if one needed to treat for something like vibriosis, or even ICH really and had to set up a Hospital tank it'd be good to have on hand. Or if your prone to not keeping your QT tank running and buying fish spur of the moment. JME 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger334 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have used BioSpira as a bottled bacteria to instantly cycle a tank. I know Stu uses a bottled bacteria to cycle the cold water stuff as well, not sure on the one he uses. I have also used Prime and Amquel as an ammonia stabalizer. I hadn't used either in almost 9 years until a couple months ago when I moved across town and proactively dosed prime in to the system before adding the fish. IME Amquel is great at neutralizing ammonia. I used it as part of my breeding regiment for awhile. I was doing 4 10% water changes and 2 50% water changes a day and was still having ammonia issues so I would supplement Amquel to make the ammonia no longer toxic. The Amquel is what finally did the trick for me. I think most would use a product like Amquel in an emergency situation, not as an everyday thing. But when you have 5 10g's that are being fed 6x a day with no filtration on them at all, you learn to love Amquel. It is great in hospital tanks, or emergency QT tanks as well, especially ones where the medication would kill the bio filter. So if one needed to treat for something like vibriosis, or even ICH really and had to set up a Hospital tank it'd be good to have on hand. Or if your prone to not keeping your QT tank running and buying fish spur of the moment. JME I use Prime each water change. Many conditioners are proven to be a Redox reducers, which help Redox Balance (long-term Immunity). This includes SeaChem Prime, Tetra/Jungle Start Right, Kordon Novaqua, and many more. I also cycled a new aquarium pretty quickly using Stability and a seeded sponge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 How do you know it was due to purchased bacteria? Because when I set up a tank with just live rock I get some ammonia and nitrite spikes during the first few weeks. The bottled bacteria speeds up the cycling process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I've never used bottles bacteria, always just grow my own. I figure if I can't be patient enough to let a cycle happen in a monthish, how can I ever be patient enough to endure the slow growth of sps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Scott Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've never used bottles bacteria, always just grow my own. I figure if I can't be patient enough to let a cycle happen in a monthish, how can I ever be patient enough to endure the slow growth of sps... [emoji120] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger334 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 We're running an interesting test right now with a couple cycle aids. It's interesting to watch the ammonia and nitrites cycle through. What's we are trying to figure out is, which one makes the cycle, but also what well they maintain a cycle when a load occur during the cycle. This is only really important for new tank cycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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