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08/12/2010, 07:20 AM
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Seachen stability to help cycle
I'm cycling my 120 now, just added three raw shrimp last night. I have two bottles of stability at home for QT help. Would it be worth it or benificial to add to my 120 and would it help the cycle?
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08/12/2010, 07:45 AM
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Don't you have one established tank already? I would just add a cupfull of sand and/or one piece of liverock from there, and keep the Stability for QT. The 120 will stay fallow for 4-6 weeks anyway, right?
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08/12/2010, 08:53 AM
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I used stability in my tank with great success. My tank cycled in about 2.5 weeks ircc.
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08/12/2010, 09:33 AM
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08/12/2010, 12:54 PM
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I would NOT add any raw shrimp, but instead use the Stability and then add the fish at the same time. I use Stability to bring up a QT each time I use it, and just after 2 weeks cycled my 300g with Stability...I have never seen any ammonia with the use of Stability...works great! |
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08/12/2010, 12:58 PM
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That scares me a little doing it that way. I would start out by dropping a rabbitfish and a blue tang into a brand new tank that went through a 4 week+ QT period. I'd hate to have something happen to them now.
I think I seen one of your other posts about the stability, that is where I got the idea from. Just wondering if it would help.
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