Will probidio or zeo cycle my tank faster?

[BradR]

Starting a new 500gal, have 300# dead marco rock and 200# live rock (from old tank). Would a bacterial system cycle the tank faster?

 

[tatoofr]

dont know about zeo, but prodibio will.

 

[unbreakable]

what would the average time of a cycle be if using Prodibio compared to just doing a regular cycle?

 

[tatoofr]

with the start up dose, i would think pretty fast.

 

[deklin]

Zeo has a start dose same as prodibio. It's called zeostart2. Documentation says it can make a new tank with new water ready for additions within 3 weeks. I haven't used it to cycle a tank so no first hand experience here.

 

[murraycamp]

I used the 14 day start-up regimen listed on the KZ website with good results on my 40 net sps tank. HTH

 

[unbreakable]

3 weeks is about the cycle time of a tank though isnt it? usually for me its 1 more week total of 4

 

[kylecanada]

I used the Bioptimum and never had a cycle. I did buy 250 lbs. of live rock though. And did not have much die off at all. I never had an ammonia spike. I was adding corals in two weeks. I don't know if this is normal.