Dr. Tim One n Only

[chinodragon]

Hi Guys,

i was looking online and i came across the product that claims to reduce your cycle time in less than a week, the product is from Dr tim, it is bacteria in a bottle, wanted to see if anyone has tried this product?

 

[nstiesi]

I am personally skeptical of such products.....but have no direct experience.

 

[arkaeus]

Im about to use it to help speed the cycle on my 250g. I have read almost every review from every site I could find on the internet. In short, yes it will help cycle in about a week. Is it instant? no.. Would I personally cycle fish with it? no. It comes with ammonia... use it as recommended and your tank "should" be cycled in a week (every tank is diff).
Get rdy for a bunch of 1998 cant teach an old dog new tricks comments on this thread. There is nothing that is a instant cycle, however this is 2012 and we have bacteria at our grasps that help our tanks cycle much much quicker.

 

[DRThompson]

Have seen similar products, I've used Fritz 9000 with limited success

 

[yh1185]

I've used it, and it works really well for shortening cycle. As posts above say, i wouldn't use this and put fish in right after, even if people have done it before, it's probably not safest way to go about it. The way i used it was i ghost fed a tank with some live rock for about a week. (i built up a pretty high ammonia) Then i dumped dr. tim's in. I continued to ghost feed for a week, and by that point my ammonia was at 0, and i was ready to go. At the rate that my cycle was going prior to adding dr. Tim's i have no doubt that it would've taken 1month+ for the complete cycle.

O by the way, i still think the best way to cycle a tank is to let it go naturally, but these bacteria solutions are a great way to help the cycle along if you don't want to wait for the complete natural cycle.

 

[S13<3]

all these miracle liquids are a waste of money, nuff said

 

[ReefJP80]

I actually just finished cycling my 210gal with Dr.Tims! I added the culture and some chromis at the same time! I feed very sparingly for the first week. I never got any ammonia spikes.

I decided to use it after reading this !

http://www.mrsaltwatertank.com/newbuild/

 

[chinodragon]

yeah reefjp80 i didnt read that, i saw his video on http://youtu.be/kPxExG-FbvI when he interviewed the Dr tim, the video seems pretty convincing specially after he dropped 2 clowns into a brand new tank. ill prob give it a shot, i just hope the have it in my lfs, ill keep u guys posted.

 

[ReefJP80]

I ordered it straight from DrTims

 

[illal]

If your in a hurry, this might not be the hobby for you!

 

[ReefJP80]

To me it wasn't about being in a hurry! My past tank I've always had the problem of pest associated with live rock or live sand ! This time around I wanted to make sure I didn't have any pest issues. So went with dry rock and dry sand. DrTims was a good way of getting a good strain of nitrifing bacteria in the tank.