so i have had my new 180 gallon cycling for 3 days, and am cycling it using a fishless cycle with pure ammonia. The ammonia levels of the tank are around 6-7 ppm, temperature 86, wet dry filter with bioballs, tank has sand and a piece of driftwood, added some nutrafin cycle the first day. I have a few small sponges from an establishes tank in the sump. my question is.... would seachem stability help cycle my tank/grow a bb colony faster? i dont really understand what the product is... is it just beneficial bacteria? is it any different than cycle?
SEACHEM STABILITY?
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personally i've used it to cycle a fully stocked tank, took about 2-3 weeks, but i was also doing 50% water changes ever day. from the seachem website it advertised as the bacteria that primary cycles your filters or they are the bacteria that will help facilitate the proper bacterial colony.
With stability , you can add fish on day one .
I recall using it in my current tank. Its really effective.
BYou need to dose daily for seven days, and during that period you can add fish slowly... Not loads of fish all at once though.
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I recall using it in my current tank. Its really effective.
BYou need to dose daily for seven days, and during that period you can add fish slowly... Not loads of fish all at once though.
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i personally would wait until your tank reads 0 ammonia and nitrite, watch it for a week to see if those values stay consistent and then do a large water change. then you'll definitely be ready for fish.
speeding into it can cause more problems than you want, and they can end up being very costly ones.
speeding into it can cause more problems than you want, and they can end up being very costly ones.
It works great me and a few others have used it with no problem
We all say how great prime is which is what made me look at stability and to tell the truth the results were just as good
I know some will say stick with the old school ways but for me stability worked for me and done what it said on the bottle
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We all say how great prime is which is what made me look at stability and to tell the truth the results were just as good
I know some will say stick with the old school ways but for me stability worked for me and done what it said on the bottle
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Agreed that it works.
86 sounds a little high to me, watch the oxygen levels. 82 would be fine and allows more bacteria.
86 sounds a little high to me, watch the oxygen levels. 82 would be fine and allows more bacteria.
86 is ok if u have enough air-ration and water movement right,??
My temp is 84-86 but I have 2 eheim 2252 with the venturis pumping .
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My temp is 84-86 but I have 2 eheim 2252 with the venturis pumping .
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yea i just raised the temperature because i heard that the bacteria grow faster with temperatures of about 86. But do you guys think that i added too much ammonia? its like 7 ppm.
Best stuff out to cycle a tank. I wouldn't do another cycle without it
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I think it's similar to Nutrafin's Cycle...just Seachem's version of a starter bacteria blend. I used to use Cycle years ago, but switched to Stability recently. I start my tanks using it (I don't use cheapie starter fish), making sure to dose daily. For my ray tank I made sure to do h20 tests daily (wanted to watch for the initial nitrite spike, which happened on day 5 of having the tank up), and I do water changes frequently just to make sure nothing gets out of hand in the first month (which probably prolongs the cycling process a bit, but I've had success with this routine so I'm sticking with it!). I'd recommend using it, but use it knowing it's still not a miracle worker, and that you need to have plenty of places for that bacteria to get established (and I wouldn't start with an overwhelming bioload either).