Hi, I first started dosing my saltwater tank with fritz turbostart 900, but I ran out and my LFS also ran out and only had Dr Tim's. Is it ok to combine different brands of nitrifying bacteria or will it cause problems or crash the cycle?
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Yes it is fineHi, I first started dosing my saltwater tank with fritz turbostart 900, but I ran out and my LFS also ran out and only had Dr Tim's. Is it ok to combine different brands of nitrifying bacteria or will it cause problems or crash the cycle?
Is dosing one bottle per month good to guarantee there is enough bacteria ?You didn’t gain benefit by mixing, first round was enough, more is not better and not harmful either. It’s more boosting to add a pinch of fish food than it is to double up on bacteria
Is dosing one bottle per month good to guarantee there is enough bacteria ?
what nitrifying bacteria do you prefer ?
BRS TV on YouTube have that great cycling experiment going on, some surprising results so far:Follow brandon429 advice and some other guys too.
I personally prefer live rock or sand from established tank or ocean to seed my new aquarium with bacterial culture. It gives you more biodiversity.
Yea I already added fish food, but the ammonia spiked more than I expected (4 ppm), so I'm just stocking more incase the cycle crashes or something else happens.You didn’t gain benefit by mixing, first round was enough, more is not better and not harmful either. It’s more boosting to add a pinch of fish food than it is to double up on bacteria
Is dosing one bottle per month good to guarantee there is enough bacteria ?
what nitrifying bacteria do you prefer ?
Got it, thanks for the detailed answer! My ammonia is still at 1 ppm, nitrite at 5 ppm, and nitrate at 20 ppm. I'll take your advice and wait the 10 days (5 days now)Saving you a thirty page thread read in a big study thread like that one above so you don’t get tricked by bottle bac sellers thinking it’s stalled or ruined or needed extra bac:
all you need to do now is wait ten total days from setup, change all the water or most of it out, and you’re cycled no matter what the cheap non digital ammonia kit says. Trust me it’s done in ten days, no more testing required for any parameter
the wait of ten days is the parameter secret they don’t tell you. They withhold that fact and make it seem that a cheap ammonia test kit must read zero to be cycled, not true, its a trick to sell you more than one bottle of bac. You’ll be ready soon
its actually ready now lol/ Fritz is that fast/ but day ten wait gives you time to read disease preps from the disease forum before adding fish, which your tank can carry after the big water change.
Got it, thanks for the detailed answer! My ammonia is still at 1 ppm, nitrite at 5 ppm, and nitrate at 20 ppm. I'll take your advice and wait the 10 days (5 days now)