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10/11/2010, 01:09 AM
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Cycling live rock
If I put in Nitrifying Bacteria where they sold in bottles, would the process speed up so to get my rocks cure faster? Thanks
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10/11/2010, 01:20 AM
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IMO that stuff is a waste of money, how long could the bacteria really live sitting on a shelf in a sealed bottle.
just take your time and let the cycle run it's course. if you try to hurry things only get worse in this hobby.
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10/11/2010, 01:25 AM
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Really? If they were real bacteria, i guess it could speed up the curing?
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10/11/2010, 01:27 AM
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yeah if it was live, but won't speed it up real fast.
why are you in a hurry?
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10/11/2010, 02:00 AM
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IMO, that stuff doesn't work.
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10/11/2010, 08:29 AM
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It will not hurt anything, but chances of it shortening the cycle are slim. If you value your time more than money, give it a go. I would not expect it to help, but you may get lucky. Try to get the freshest bottle in stock.
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10/11/2010, 09:21 AM
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10/11/2010, 09:38 AM
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I was going to use that stuff, but my experience using that to cycle freshwater tanks in the past was it is a waste of time...
if the rock is LIVE, then it has some nitrifying bacteria on it. I got live rock that had been sitting in a styrofoam ice chest, and the guy kept it damp with tap water... Brought it home, dropped it in a rubbermaid tub of saltwater, came out 2 days later to find the pump had failed and the water was 140 degrees! dropped another pump in and did a 100% water change on it, and within a week it had cycled. I figured it was pretty dead after the way it was when I had gotten it and the whole soup incident LOL. It's been in my tank for 9 days now, and as of friday (6 days) it already had Coralline Algae, and as of Sunday (8 days) I had a sponge pop up. Tank itself cycled in 2 days! |
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10/11/2010, 09:54 AM
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thanks! I won't use those!
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