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Dr Tim has been selling this amazing product since 2007. If it were "bottled water" I dont think he would still be selling after 10+ years.
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Not budging. Anyone save your money. What is he even a Dr of except charging money and having a cycle last forever lol
I have to ask. Did you try another test kit, just to see? I hear so much about api saying numbers are bad when they’re actually good.
I scrapped using my API test kit and used salifert "Wonder if my test kit is incorrect. From what I’ve read, 8ppm ammonia should stink pretty bad. My water has no smell
Dr Tim has been selling this amazing product since 2007. If it were "bottled water" I dont think he would still be selling after 10+ years.
There are endless things being sold over the last 10 yrs that are worthless. Tim produces one of them
Its micro biology at work. Unless you study it, it's way over most people's knowledge. I just found the few people I have talked to that Dr Tim's did not work for, they didn't follow the directions correctly in one way or another. This caused their cycle to take a month or stopped it completely.There are endless things being sold over the last 10 yrs that are worthless. Tim produces one of them
Is excessive ammonia during the cycle going to have negative effects?
used to think the same way about bacteria in bottle.
I did a deep study of 9 different manufacturers and found they all work.
There are difference though.
Fritz turbostart 900 works in sterile or non sterile tanks.
Dr. Tim and Bio Spira also work in well but sometimes need more time and carbon source in tank like food or live fish.
Rest all i tested seamed and worked like they were heterotrophic in nature which definitely require carbon source to work.
here is link to that study if you like to read.
Bacteria in a bottle, Myth or Fact
Call me old school, back in the day we placed a deli shrimp in a tank to kick start the cycle. When tank reached 1.5-2 ppm ammonia we pulled it out and waited sometimes weeks to months for bacteria to colonize and drop ammonia and nitrites down to 0 to make tank safe for livestock. With recent...www.reef2reef.com
Its micro biology at work. Unless you study it, it's way over most people's knowledge. I just found the few people I have talked to that Dr Tim's did not work for, they didn't follow the directions correctly in one way or another. This caused their cycle to take a month or stopped it completely.