Cycling with Dr. Tims

[cjdad]

Newbie here. Ive had freshwater tanks for 20 yrs but this is my 1st time ever cycling saltwater and using Dr Tim's ammonia and bacteria. Im on day 5 and my ammonia is still 2ppm and nitrites are at 0 and ph 8.0! Question is Ive read by day 3 using Dr. Tims products I should have nitrites already and ammonia dropping but neither has happened. Is this normal and is Dr Tim's website full of crap and just trying to sell me a product or have I done something wrong? Any information or suggestions I would love to hear. Oh and its a 32 gallon biocube temp is 78 degrees!

 

[Fish Fan]

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Dr. Tim lies

A cycle using his bacteria and ammonia typically takes about 3 weeks, give or take. I'd give this another couple of weeks, or if you're in a hurry I'd suggest adding Fritz Turbostart 900, which works much, much faster than other products, including Dr. Tim's One and Only.

Good luck!

 

[Dan_P]

Newbie here. Ive had freshwater tanks for 20 yrs but this is my 1st time ever cycling saltwater and using Dr Tim's ammonia and bacteria. Im on day 5 and my ammonia is still 2ppm and nitrites are at 0 and ph 8.0! Question is Ive read by day 3 using Dr. Tims products I should have nitrites already and ammonia dropping but neither has happened. Is this normal and is Dr Tim's website full of crap and just trying to sell me a product or have I done something wrong? Any information or suggestions I would love to hear. Oh and its a 32 gallon biocube temp is 78 degrees!

Dr. Tim’s is not the fastest product. Could take a week or so. Fritz Turbocharge 900 can get rid of ammonia in 1-2 days. It is also possible you bought a dud batch of bacteria, maybe they were frozen or overheated.

 

[Baldyreef]

Newbie here. Ive had freshwater tanks for 20 yrs but this is my 1st time ever cycling saltwater and using Dr Tim's ammonia and bacteria. Im on day 5 and my ammonia is still 2ppm and nitrites are at 0 and ph 8.0! Question is Ive read by day 3 using Dr. Tims products I should have nitrites already and ammonia dropping but neither has happened. Is this normal and is Dr Tim's website full of crap and just trying to sell me a product or have I done something wrong? Any information or suggestions I would love to hear. Oh and its a 32 gallon biocube temp is 78 degrees!

welcome to reef2reef!
like the others said fritz turbostart 900 will work much much better, additionally do you have any live rock in the tank yet? this would greatly help with your cycle and helps for when you add live stock to have rock already establishing and or established, any pics of the tank?

 

[tbrown]

+1 Fritz Turbostart. That's how I started my old 125 and it worked pretty much overnight in my experience.

I used MB 7 and LiveAquaria live nitrifying bacteria on my 70 and it was pretty quick but after a month it got into the ugly stage so don't expect to avoid that.