You should add some fish right after you dose the tank, but not a whole lot as to overwhelm the bioload. That is what the instructions say. I've started many new tanks this way. Never had a problem yet. But I live in Hawaii where the tap water is so clean you can drink it. Depending on your tap water, things could be different. We still have to treat the water first for chlorine but that's not much of an issue. Years ago our water had very minimal amounts of chlorine that i never even treated the water when doing water changes.
Joe... have you actually used any of the products yourself ? How do you explain the success other members have had with these products ?
That's what I thought. Well danios and such are more "aquarium" fish that one would keep as a hobby, but I'm pretty sure my soon-to-be blood parrot would shred them. That's why I'm maybe thinking about getting some rosy reds and leaving them in there until eventually they become feeder food for the blood parrot.
I think someone mentioned here that products like SafeStart aren't exactly the raw BB because as you said, BB can't survive in something like a bottle, it needs to come from a raw media source like plants and gravel from an established tank. The product is meant to serve as a substitute, a factor that plays in speeding up the BB process so that in just a short span of time whilst adding a good ammonia source, QuickSafe ---> BB
