YES! It does work. It works for me on brand new tanks and to help transition new fish where the bio load may increase.
Seachem Stability
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OK... thanks... I'll take the carbon out... Off to buy some tonight...
I am doing fishless and pure ammonia cycling BTW (well there are snails and plants contributing to ammonia too- but it's mainly a pure ammonia cycle).
Saw my first faint trace of nitrite yesterday evening- so it looks like I'll be testing this stuff out for the 2nd half of cycling only.
Is it too much to hope for that I'll be cycled by next weekend?
Any suggestions on what to use instead of activated carbon- I've always used that- but was considering removing it for my plants anyway (removes fertiliser).
I am doing fishless and pure ammonia cycling BTW (well there are snails and plants contributing to ammonia too- but it's mainly a pure ammonia cycle).
Saw my first faint trace of nitrite yesterday evening- so it looks like I'll be testing this stuff out for the 2nd half of cycling only.
Is it too much to hope for that I'll be cycled by next weekend?
Any suggestions on what to use instead of activated carbon- I've always used that- but was considering removing it for my plants anyway (removes fertiliser).
There's never been any conclusive evidence concerning AC and carbon, and I've been told on numerous occasions that it's most likely not true. But on the other hand AC isn't always needed. I would stick to your regular filter media (foam, floss, etc.)
Well... took two weeks to get my first trace of nitrite. It's now been a week since I got nitrites- still increasing slowly not "off the charts" yet and I have been using seachem stability- so I WON'T be cycled by the weekend. I haven't had to add more ammonia yet either (which is odd... I still seem to be at 5ppm despite having nitrites showing up in small amounts- all though I do have snails in the tank that may be adding to the ammonia and some dead leaves that I have purposefully not removed).
Going on the assumption that ammonia and nitrite stages of the cycle last the same length of time- I will NOT be cycled by this weekend and am now aiming at next weekend... thus to me it doesn't look like Stability has sped up the process any- at least not by any significant level...
... don't know if this has anything to do with me starting using it halfway through the cycle.
Going on the assumption that ammonia and nitrite stages of the cycle last the same length of time- I will NOT be cycled by this weekend and am now aiming at next weekend... thus to me it doesn't look like Stability has sped up the process any- at least not by any significant level...
... don't know if this has anything to do with me starting using it halfway through the cycle.
I always found the portion of the cycle to convert nitrite was a bit longer than ammonia to nitrite.
OK... so maybe it IS doing something then... we'll see.
If it took 2 weeks to get Nitrite- how long in a control tank would be the average to get Nitrate? If I know this I can make some sort of educated guess as to whether Stability helped (when I get to that point).
If it took 2 weeks to get Nitrite- how long in a control tank would be the average to get Nitrate? If I know this I can make some sort of educated guess as to whether Stability helped (when I get to that point).
Ok, here's my experience with stability. I had a tank that I had fishless cycled. I apparently didn't do enough, because even though ammo and ites had turned into ates, when I added a fish, ammo spiked. added stability, well shaken, and cycle appeared to progress normally(maybe abit accelerated, took about a week). The difference was in that when ammo was 4.0, and ites were .5, the fish did not appear stressed at all! it was a male pearl gourami, and it had a chest full of gold the whole cycle. They lose their gold if there is a loud noise. ANY stress, and it is gone. that was incredibly confusing, as logic told me I would probably lose this fish. I did some research and found that stability 'locks' ammo and ites, making them non-toxic. They still show up on tests, but they don't harm fish. After my experience, I would stand by that. Just remember to shake the stability! Otherwise, you might wind up with ammo and ates and no ites!
