I used Dr Tims and waited 48 hours before adding fish to my 225. Zero losses. Did the same to my 180 also with zero loses
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At this point after reading all the remarks and concerns i like to make few changes.
1. API ammonia kit is probably not a great test kit so lets move up to salifert or any other someone can recommend?
2. because there are other bottles being thrown out here. due to room and time i only have 4 tanks. i will do this experiment with the first 3 stated products. then i will break the system down, bleach everything, dry everything and reset the experiment again with new dry rock and use other products some are suggesting. there will be no standard (control) on the second set as we will simply compare the time and amount of bacteria we find along the way on daily basis.
On the second round i will do
Stability, ATM Colony so far
I feel the test has value. What I am most curious to see is the time difference between the products. For example, how much faster will an "active" bacteria product work (like Biospira) than one of the "inert" bacteria products (like Stability).lol with all these successful comments and experience, do we still really need to test lol.
i am sure now after reading all these comments that most likely the experiment will show positive results decreasing cycle time compared to non bacteria added tank.
Second thing i want to test for is if most manufacturers say to add fish right away. i would like to see how much ammonia is reduced by addition of such products within 24, 36, 48 hrs etc.