Seachem Stability: PUT TO THE TEST/blank slate (daily perams/pics)

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Todays results (Sun 04/18):
  • Ammonia: 0.25 PPM
  • Nitirite: 0 PPM
  • Nitrate: 10 PPM (tank was previously cycled)
  • Added 65mg of Stability (13 "cap fulls" measured with a vet syringe).
I must be missing something.
You said you wiped out ALL your BB, and yet your test indicates Nitrate.
Starting with a clean slate, so to speak, wouldn`t your initial test have shown trace ammonia, no nitrite, and no nitrate?
 
KaiserSousay;4096664; said:
Todays results (Sun 04/18):
  • Ammonia: 0.25 PPM
  • Nitirite: 0 PPM
  • Nitrate: 10 PPM (tank was previously cycled)
  • Added 65mg of Stability (13 "cap fulls" measured with a vet syringe).
I must be missing something.
You said you wiped out ALL your BB, and yet your test indicates Nitrate.
Starting with a clean slate, so to speak, wouldn`t your initial test have shown trace ammonia, no nitrite, and no nitrate?
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I understand your question but I did not do 100% WC's to reset my nitrate back to 0PPM. There was a nitrate level in the tank from it being previously cycled. I used a med to treat a disease and killled off my biological, expected but none the less killed it off. I removed the meds with carbon and regular WC's.
 
I figured that while we were on the subject of cycling, bacteria blooms should be addressed as it is a common part of the process. I didnt use stability but the label on the product I used did say to turn off UV sterilizer for 48-72 hours. At about 72 hours I started getting cloudy water which I assume is a bacteria bloom. Thanks JK47 for your reply. I will just let nature take its course and continue my WC regimine and hold off on the UV for another week or so. I rather see my water cloudy for a while and my fish happy than to have clear water and dying fish. :)
 
G-Code;4096806; said:
I figured that while we were on the subject of cycling, bacteria blooms should be addressed as it is a common part of the process. I didnt use stability but the label on the product I used did say to turn off UV sterilizer for 48-72 hours. At about 72 hours I started getting cloudy water which I assume is a bacteria bloom. Thanks JK47 for your reply. I will just let nature take its course and continue my WC regimine and hold off on the UV for another week or so. I rather see my water cloudy for a while and my fish happy than to have clear water and dying fish. :)
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I understand your question but I did not do 100% WC's to reset my nitrate back to 0PPM. There was a nitrate level in the tank from it being previously cycled. I used a med to treat a disease and killled off my biological, expected but none the less killed it off. I removed the meds with carbon and regular WC's.

Thanks for the reply.
Re-Read the thread, thinking I had missed some critical piece of information.
My point was, without a truly fresh start, the testing is not going to be the “definitive” Stability Review.
Had hoped the other poster, who was going to do the side-by-side test, would post results.
That would have sealed the deal, once and for all.
Starting with all fresh components is really the only way, I can see, to answer the simple question.
Does it or dosen`t it work.
One fresh tank/filter going fishless, next to it`s copy using Stability.
Same ammonia levels in each.
We all know seeding a new tank will speed the cycle, so no new information there.
I`m not saying Stability dosen`t work.
I have no “hands on” experience with it.
Actually hope it does work.
A product that would take the mystery and head scratching out of the nitrogen cycle would be nothing short of a miracle product.
Would certainly help allot of stressed fish and new fish keepers.
 
Nitrate: 10ppm
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm

o do i love this stuff. 5 stars for STABILITY:headbang2
 
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