Nitrifying Bacteria

[Firefighter-rn]

Anyone use Nitrifying Bacteria for starting up a new tank and if so which one?
I have seen Dr. Tims One and Only and Fritz-Zyme turbo start.
Any recommendations?

 

[disc1]

Sure I used it. It came all over my live rock. No need for a bottle.

 

[tmz]

I don't use it.
It might accelerate the start up a bit by some accounts but there's usualy no hurry and live rock and/or live sand works just fine. It might be of some use if an uncyled quarantine tank is needed in a hurry and no pre seeded sponge or other material is available.The indigenous bacteria are going to remain viable; not sure about the stuff you may dose.

 

[shiladitya1991]

I have never used it and probably never will.. Feeding the imaginary guppies or Prawn treatment works fine

 

[RegalAngel]

I use Seachem's Stability to provide the aerobic and anaerobic bacteria for my systems.

I use it in my QT anytime I wish to setup my QT for a fish(es) for QT purposes and never have any ammonia.

I recommend an external filter with sponges for the bacteria to setup.

I also used it in my 300g system when I started it up and never any ammonia.

I highly recommend its use for providing the necessary bacteria for a fully functional biological filtration system.





http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Stability.html


Stability® will rapidly and safely establish the aquarium biofilter in freshwater and marine systems, thereby preventing the #1 cause of fish death: "new tank syndrome". Stability® is formulated specifically for the aquarium and contains a synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria which facilitate the breakdown of waste organics, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Unlike competing products, the bacteria employed by Stability® are non-sulfur fixing and will not produce toxic hydrogen sulfide. Stability® is completely harmless to all aquatic organisms as well as aquatic plants, thus there is no danger of over use. Stability® is the culmination of nearly a decade of research and development and represents the current state of the art in natural biological management.

Sizes: 50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL, 2 L, 4 L, 20 L

Why It's Different
Illustration of Stability'sâ„¢ bacteria on biofiltration material. stability contains a synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria
The bacteria used in competing products are inherently unstable. The conditions necessary for their growth and development fall into a very narrow range of temperatures, pH, organic loads, etc. When any of these parameters are not strictly within the proper range, the bacterial culture quickly crashes and dies. Stability® does not contain any of the aforementioned bacteria.

The bacteria strains in Stability® have been in development for over a decade. The necessary conditions for growth of our bacterial strains encompass a very broad range. When other bacteria begin to die off (usually from high organic loads caused by the undetected death of an organism), Stability® simply works harder and grows faster! The strains function in fresh or saltwater. Stability® contains both nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria, a blend found in no other product. Additionally, Stability® contains facultative bacterial strains which are able to adapt to either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The bacteria in Stability® are non-sulfur fixing, another innovation in the industry. Most other bacterial supplements will form toxic hydrogen sulfide under the proper conditions. Stability® will not, ever.
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If for some reason you don't or can't use Stability then here is another one:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=289&ref=4620&subref=AA&cmpid=E-_-CARE-_-32311-_-CYC

 

[yh1185]

I've used Dr. Tim's one and only, and it worked really well. I didn't use it as a quick way to get fish in the tank (i know of some people who have put fish in right after the bacteria, but i still think that's stupid) I used it as a cycling aide. It shortened my cycling time considerably. I see no problem with adding some bacteria to help the cycle along, contrary to what most people on this forum will say. Yes cycling naturally is probably the best way to go, but if instead of waiting for let's say 100 bacteria to turn into millions naturally, why not start off with 10000, and get to the millions that much quicker.

My suggestion would be to ghost feed a bit, until you get an ammonia reading. Then add the bacteria. And then continue to ghost feed until you finish your cycle, and do a water change to knock down the nitrates. Good luck!

 

[Firefighter-rn]

Thanks, I am setting up a new syestem and not using live rock, my old syestem has too many aiptasia and other stuff so I don't want too use my live rock. I got new rock from Marco Rocks, so it is dry rock and will not have the bacteria in it. I just might have to take a peice or two of my cleanest rock to put in the fuge.

 

[bertoni]

The bacteria will come for free, although a piece of live rock might speed the process. Personally, I'd just use dry rock if all the live rock on hand had Aiptasia or similar problems.