How close are we to BB in a bottle?

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tcarswell;2830092; said:
That DR that made Bio spira has now made a similar bacteria (maybe improved) called Dr. Tims I know of a few people using it.
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Correct. Any better than bio spira or safestart? Jury is still out.
 
hybridtheoryd16;2830085; said:
Man i am glad you started this thread. I have been messing with these bottled cures for more than a decade now atleast a few times a year. And you can search back thru the threads about all these bottled BB things and see where I have bashed every single one of them except bio spira. I have tried them all and none worked and I could never get any bio spira locally so i never tried that. -----------fast forward to a few weeks ago---------------Here in kentucky we had a ice strom and lost power for a week and a half. And my tanks bio crashed. So after losing 2 of my prized and allmost nonreplaceable payara I went to the lfs and bought a bottle of Tetra safe start. And after a water change my tank still had an ammonia reading of 1ppm so I added the full bottle of safe start that woudl treat a 75g tank to my 75g. And after 24hrs the ammonia was gone, tested at 0ppm and there was now a .5ppm reading of nitrite. The nitrite hoovered around .25-.5ppm for 2 more days and that was it. Cycle done. This was after doing 50-75% water changes every day for more than a week to keep just the ammonia down.
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As they say,


da proof is in da puddin!
 
Howdy,

I've been using this for years with great success.

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http://www.seraessentials.com/product.cfm?id=3730

German engineering :thumbsup:

HarleyK
 
hybridtheoryd16;2830085; said:
Man i am glad you started this thread. I have been messing with these bottled cures for more than a decade now atleast a few times a year. And you can search back thru the threads about all these bottled BB things and see where I have bashed every single one of them except bio spira. I have tried them all and none worked and I could never get any bio spira locally so i never tried that. -----------fast forward to a few weeks ago---------------Here in kentucky we had a ice strom and lost power for a week and a half. And my tanks bio crashed. So after losing 2 of my prized and allmost nonreplaceable payara I went to the lfs and bought a bottle of Tetra safe start. And after a water change my tank still had an ammonia reading of 1ppm so I added the full bottle of safe start that woudl treat a 75g tank to my 75g. And after 24hrs the ammonia was gone, tested at 0ppm and there was now a .5ppm reading of nitrite. The nitrite hoovered around .25-.5ppm for 2 more days and that was it. Cycle done. This was after doing 50-75% water changes every day for more than a week to keep just the ammonia down.
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Wow ! Ill keep a bottle handy for sure. I know I got some somewhere :nilly:
 
Actually from what Ive heard Marineland purchased Tetra, and decided to change the name of Bio Spira to Tetra Safestart because Tetra is a more known company. The saltwater Bio Spira still has the same name. Dr Tim decided to make his own formula after the Marineland Bio Spira labs were moved to Tetra's labs. Alot of the lfs's who sold Bio Spira still keep the Tetra Safestart in refrigerators.
 
**tagging along**


I am considering using CYCLE on my new build when I start my new tank next week. What's the worst that can happen? I'm out $25 and I have to cycle it the "old fashioned" way.

believe me... I've made much worse investments in this hobby. :ROFL:

I'm gonna give it a shot. I'll post my results.
 
Cycle only helps to cycle the tank faster than usual. I wouldn't just throw the fish in the first day like it says on the bottle. Imo Tetra Safestart or Dr.Tims are way better. I tried Cycle and put in fish the same day, and half of them died. If your gonna do a fishless cycle them your better off getting cycle, as it is cheaper. Cycle will just take longer.
 
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