Bio-spera

[bmallia82]

ADDED 2 PACKAGES TO MY 95 GALLON TANK LAST NIGHT. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW LONG TO WAIT UNTIL I DO A WATER CHANGE?

 

[bertoni]

I would start doing water changes when I saw some ammonia. If none shows up for a week or so, you could do a few just for any possible metabolites.

 

[BansheeTwin350]

Are you adding ammonia to your tank. If you don't then the bacteria in the biospira will die. It needs ammonia to feed and multiply.

 

[bmallia82]

No, there is no ammonia in the tank, how much do I add.

 

[meco65]

Put in a small raw shrimp leave it in for about three days, or add a little fish food to get the biospira started.

 

[Kinetic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7296686#post7296686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by meco65
Put in a small raw shrimp leave it in for about three days, or add a little fish food to get the biospira started.

umm... just use a raw shrimp.

 

[BansheeTwin350]

Yes, the raw shrimp will work. I like using ammonia because I can keep track of how much I add and how much the bacteria is able to transform into nitrite. I would just make sure you have atleast 1 ppm of ammonia in there at all times.

 

[bertoni]

If there's live rock in the tank, there's no need to dump any kind of shrimp into the tank. If not, I'd add a small chunk (maybe a 1/8" cube) each day for a few days. Fish food would be fine as well.