HELP URGENT!!

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petspoiler said:
I don't see EXACT details in your reply.
you moved "halfway across the country".
How long was the filter off?
How many tanks, what size tanks, what fish and their size are in each tank?
Did the media dry out? sounds like it did, =dead media+ rotten organic load.
If media dried out it died. did you clean out the filter before restarting? If yes, all you did was put fish in uncycled tank.
If NOT, & you just restarted the filter(s), then they pumped a big load of toxins right in to a tank with NO ability to even handle the fish if filter & water had started out clean. Dead filter media must be cleaned, THEN re-seeded. Seeding is not enough for that.

SeaChem Stability works if used correctly. Read the thread on it.
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stability is snake oil...it does nothing, any of these products claiming to get beneficial bacteria into a bottle for months without food are just pouring money down the toilet...

If you want beneficial bacteria, get pre seeded media from a friend, or.....(and I did this yesterday):

Go to the LFS, with a 20l bucket and ask them to wash out their sponge filters into the bucket, make sure they give them a real good squeeze out, I got my LFS to wash out about 6-8 sponges, take the water home, get a funnel and a length of hose, put the funnel into the hose, and the other end of the hose pressed against the filter inlet and slowly pour the water from the LFS down the funnel so it is sucked up by the filter straight away and does not make loads fo clouding in the tank.


the logic, the filter will suck up all the debris and water from the LFS, teaming with bacteria which will instantly get stuck in your canisters filter media and start multiplying!

I broke my cycle some how, my tank looked like milk due to all the ammonia in the water, I did this process and overnight the problem seems to have halved!
 
4D3 said:
stability is snake oil...it does nothing, any of these products claiming to get beneficial bacteria into a bottle for months without food are just pouring money down the toilet...

If you want beneficial bacteria, get pre seeded media from a friend, or.....(and I did this yesterday):

Go to the LFS, with a 20l bucket and ask them to wash out their sponge filters into the bucket, make sure they give them a real good squeeze out, I got my LFS to wash out about 6-8 sponges, take the water home, get a funnel and a length of hose, put the funnel into the hose, and the other end of the hose pressed against the filter inlet and slowly pour the water from the LFS down the funnel so it is sucked up by the filter straight away and does not make loads fo clouding in the tank.


the logic, the filter will suck up all the debris and water from the LFS, teaming with bacteria which will instantly get stuck in your canisters filter media and start multiplying!

I broke my cycle some how, my tank looked like milk due to all the ammonia in the water, I did this process and overnight the problem seems to have halved!
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Of course filters are easily started by using some media from established ones. Best done from a known healthy tank. otherwise, diseases can also be introduced.
Stability does work, although your use of it may have failed.
I remember your recent thread about how your "tank cycle broke" from doing a water change. That was based on false notions, which were pointed out to you.
 
petspoiler said:
Of course filters are easily started by using some media from established ones. Best done from a known healthy tank. otherwise, diseases can also be introduced.
Stability does work, although your use of it may have failed.
I remember your recent thread about how your "tank cycle broke" from doing a water change. That was based on false notions, which were pointed out to you.
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Broke my cycle once........

stability did nothing, aqua master did nothing, the advice and filter wash was supplied by my lfs...I waited over night and the tank had cleared.


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Mr. 4D3 please refrain from that kind of argumentation.

Helps no one.
 
All the information the OP needs and then some for cycling his tank has been supplied. I wouln't close the thread at this point but I will keep a close eye on it.
 
Miguel said:
Mr. 4D3 please refrain from that kind of argumentation.

Helps no one.
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I see patronizing is ok, along with sarcasm and rudeness? Don't see how they help...

Insinuations that I have posted/created multiple threads about my broken cycle...I posted in 1 thread about my cycle breaking.

I guess I can do what I like as long as there is no profanity.

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