Dr. Tim's one stop cycle stuff?

[jlmawp]

I think this is a futile situation because the circumstances of everyone's tank is different for initial setup and cycle. I cycled my 9g with half very mature rock and the other half with just bacteria LR, and I cycled in roughly 5 days. Never used this stuff or anything else to speed the cycle.

I guess my point is that if I HAD used this stuff, I would have heralded it as a success story, even though my quick cycle was due to low volume and mature rock.

 

[James404]

I used 100% dry pukani rock and was ready for CUC within a week. It definitely worked for me, and I've cycled quite a few tanks the old fashioned way.

 

[Bulldog39]

Thanks yeah it was a long shot but been 4 days and starting to see diatoms forming and ammonia and nitrite falling.

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[Bulldog39]

24 hours later so now day 4 and my new results plus diatoms or is it algae?

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[James404]

Could be the start of diatoms, it took about a week after the cycle for the diatoms to start in mine. They were short lived, then came the green hair algae which is dying off now.

 

[Lsufan]

I wouldn’t even bother testing nitrates until u have 0 nitrite. Nitrite can make the nitrate test have false results.

As far as Dr tims, I’ve used it & biospira & they both had similar results. I don’t think they sped up my cycle overall. What they did was process the ammonia to nitrite rather quickly so I had 0 ammonia. Nitrite would stay high for 2 to 4 weeks & the overall cycle still took 30 to 45 Days. After my results I assumed the reason they say u can add fish so quickly is because it’s processes the ammonia to nitrite quickly & nitrite isn’t really toxic in saltwater at the levels we see.

 

[MMOORE0324]

I️ cycled my last build with Dr. Tim's and it took about 8 days. 100% dry rock and Carib-sea Ocean Direct Sand. On my previous builds I️ cycled with a dead shrimp and it took about a month. So while it doesn't happen as quickly as their marketing suggests, I think it definitely works. And I️ like that you can add a bottle down the road if you pull some rock out and you see your bio filter not working as efficiently anymore.


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[mitchrapp]

On a previous tank build with dry rock, dry sand, and Dr. Tim's, it took over 12 weeks for my nitrites to go to 0 within 24 hours. On my current build, also with dry rock, dry sand, and Dr. Tim's, I'm at 7 days and ammonia has not come down to 0 from the initial dose of 2 ppm.

 

[d0ughb0y]

I️ think i have to try this. I have a new build that I think is too sterile. After 2 weeks, all tests 0. So I started adding flake food everyday. After a month everything is still 0. I️ just added a cube of mysis a couple days ago and have not tested. If it is still 0, i will get a bottle of dr Tim’s. I️ don’t remember ever cycling a tank this long and was thinking my tank would be ready by now. I️ want the tank cycled by thanksgiving.

I just checked, everything is still 0.

how long exactly do flake food and mysis shrimp take to decay? I doubt the tank is completely 100% bacteria free even with new rock and sand.

 

[d0ughb0y]

checking amazon, is it Dr Tim's One and Only for Reef?
or is there another product?

 

[Bulldog39]

checking amazon, is it Dr Tim's One and Only for Reef?
or is there another product?

That's it

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[saf1]

I used 100% dry pukani rock and was ready for CUC within a week. It definitely worked for me, and I've cycled quite a few tanks the old fashioned way.

BRS dry Pukani by any chance and if so did you measure the phosphates? Everything I've read with regards to the Pukani rock is that it is really great stuff but has a noticeable phosphate issue. Dr. Tim's solution doesn't recommend running filters, media, or skimmers during the initial dose. So if the rock has a phosphate problem little you can do I would think until you can start media or water changes.

Then again I'm not too keen on water changes to reduce phosphates. To me it seems like a lot of work and money for little change. Figured I'd ask because I'm starting this process over the weekend. I have 150 pounds of it coming so just now setting up my game plan...

 

[Blue spot]

Cycled mine with dr Tim’s and wrote a thread on it worked for me . It was just everything else I messed up