Please help guys

[Reefertime]

Hey guys been in the hobby for like 10 years now just started up a new tank dry so I thought I’d go to percolate and get a bottle of IO bio spira which I’ve had no experience with using before usually use live rock this is my first dry rock setup, but it seems live rock is hard to get now I guess so I got real rock, anyways I added the bottle to my tank I’m starting and it looks like a bottle of detritus!! So I’m thinking it was used and returned anyone have this experience lmk thanks I just started this tank and now since I don’t know what it is I may have to start all over!!

 

[Reefertime]

Here is another picture

 

[Biglew11]

I've seen bottled bacteria do this before, not quite to that extent. I don't think it is something you need to worry about. Just keep an eye on your levels. And add a new bottle if you have to. Or you can wait out a normal 4 6 week cycle.

 

[Biglew11]

Some bottled bacteria are also dormant until added to the water.

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Maybe contact the company that sent it/made the bottle?

 

[Reefertime]

I've seen bottled bacteria do this before, not quite to that extent. I don't think it is something you need to worry about. Just keep an eye on your levels. And add a new bottle if you have to. Or you can wait out a normal 4 6 week cycle.

thank you for your reply I was thinks by maybe somebody used the bottle and returned it with a bottle of detritus from another tank but it cleared now

 

[Reefertime]

Maybe contact the company that sent it/made the bottle?

I went back to petco and got a refund seems like a lot of trouble to got through filing claims and such for such a little bottle

 

[ReeferWarrant]

I mean the bacteria feed off of everything that creates nitrates and phosphates, so it might make sense to have some means of food for them.

Good luck on your tank by the way!

 

[vetteguy53081]

It may not be abnormal and should dissolve on its own.
HOWEVER. . . .
Contact Instant Ocean @ 800-822-1100 and have them verify its not an issue. They may send you a fresh bottle in the process.

 

[Reefertime]

I mean the bacteria feed off of everything that creates nitrates and phosphates, so it might make sense to have some means of food for them.

Good luck on your tank by the way!

Yeah I was just terrified some jerk returned the bottle with water from his tank but if you guys have seen similar things before I’ll trust you guys as I have no experience with bottled bacteria, I’m just paranoid about marine velvet so I’m trying to start as sterile as I can and other peoples tanks are unknowns because I just got out of the hobby a few months ago and sold all of my Marshall island because of velvet and I told myself I’d never return but here I am again...

 

[ReeferWarrant]

A justifiable concern, hope it goes well for you