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[taricha]

Do you do thread describing your protocol and data?

For sure!
Thread 'Not all Cycling Bacteria are created equal. Who's who, and what do they need?' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/n...-equal-whos-who-and-what-do-they-need.989780/

 

[BeanAnimal]

@EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal - not sure what is funny. @taricha puts a lot of work into things like this and not only do I trust the data, but also look forward to seeing things quantified and presented in a logical manner.

Edit - and he beat me to it with his response ;)

 

[Calypso's Marine Oasis]

We use fritzyme 9 or turbostart 900 for all of our comercial qts let it sit 12 hours then put all of our qt fish in. I think the real problem in this instance was too much ammonia added, which stalls bacterial colonies. Evdery instruction I've come across for adding ammonia states add 2 ppm but do not add more than 2 ppmas it can/will stall the cycle. Saw Dr Tim Hovanec talk about it in great length 5-10 years back. Obviously not the same as cycling a reef tank, however.

 

[taricha]

I think the real problem in this instance was too much ammonia added, which stalls bacterial colonies. Evdery instruction I've come across for adding ammonia states add 2 ppm but do not add more than 2 ppmas it can/will stall the cycle. Saw Dr Tim Hovanec talk about it in great length 5-10 years back.

Just a small comment here. I want to push back against this piece of info I see quoted frequently. Dr Tim was probably talking about particular strains of nitrifiers, and this advice is not universal. Some strains of nitrifiers can handle far far higher levels of ammonia.
For instance I put some Fritz in a small tank with 30-40ppm total ammonia, and it processed the ammonia to nitrite just fine.