What are peoples experiences with Bacteria Additives for tanks that are cycling?Products such as Waterlife Bacterlife? (http://www.waterlife .uk/waterlife/bacterlife.htm)
if i were u id jus get a sucker fish to clean out yo aquarium
It helps speed the process but does not eliminate the need to cycle. I used stresszyme and was pleased. (completely cycled in just a few weeks)
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Cycling a tank is only a problem if you are starting from scratch. Once you have one tank set up you have a stock of live cycle bacteria on hand and it's easy to transplant some to your new tank by moving filter media, gravel or a whole spare filter to your new tank. If you pre-cycle a filter, or move working biomedia to a new filter, then it's possible to have some level of cycle instantly. That avoids the whole additives thing. Ian
Bacteria additives in my point of view is a waste of time. It's supposed to suppliment your bacteria to speed it's growth, but I find this to be very suspect. Some people really are pleased with that product, NitroSpira or something like that where the bacteria is supposed to be live. What I have found is this. Prime and the other products are SUPPOSED to contain live cultures of the bacteria you need. Anything bottled is NOT going to have this. The one that is refridgerated probably is a little bit better but still a waste. Without oxygen or a constant source of ammonia and nitrite, bacteria will die off. Your BEST bet to speed things up is obtain filter media from a mature tank. Gravel from a mature tank is better then nothing at all, but the filter media is what holds the live cultures.
