Question: Do i need to use tetra safestart?

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

I accidentally put my fish in on the first day. so the amonia is all crazy.

Shawnie · July 27th, 2008

tetra safestart will help save the fish...if you cant get it, immediate 50% water changes and treat the tap water with prime...every 24hrs do a 50% water change ..the prime will lock the ammonia for the 24 hrs..\

ps ...you dont need 3 different threads for the same thing

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

sorry i tried to edit it but made another 2 lol.

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

how long do i do the water changes for?

Shawnie · July 27th, 2008

for awile or until the ammonia says 0 and nitrites are 0 and nitrates under 20 ...

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

i get my water tested today

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

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Shawnie · July 27th, 2008

ty..and just remember it will take weeks to cycle without using bio spira or safestart so do the daily water changes so your fish babies dont die

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

ok respond plznow

angelfish220 · July 27th, 2008

Shawnie basically covered it. BioSpira or Tetra Safe Start or a seeded spounge or water changes.

gwat6 · July 27th, 2008

ok give me more info were do u get it

jglover · August 2nd, 2008

Most local fish stores carry Safe Start (or could order it in for you), though I have never seen it in any of the chain stores with the exception of Aquarium Adventure, which is a part of the Petland chain. Bio-Spira is much harder to find. A few others have had success with Seachem's Stability or API StressZyme though most say these products are not all that reliable. I've read very few good things about Cycle but the occasional person wil say they have had success. These last three products are usually available at all the chain per stores.

You can definitely mail order Bio-Spira or Safe Start though shipping is usually expensive as the ship it refrigerated.

In any event, none of these products should hurt your aquarium and may provide a bit of a boost in generation your biological filtration, though Safe Start and Bio-Spira will be the best.

John

Blub · August 6th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jglover

Most local fish stores carry Safe Start (or could order it in for you), though I have never seen it in any of the chain stores with the exception of Aquarium Adventure, which is a part of the Petland chain. Bio-Spira is much harder to find. A few others have had success with Seachem's Stability or API StressZyme though most say these products are not all that reliable. I've read very few good things about Cycle but the occasional person wil say they have had success. These last three products are usually available at all the chain per stores.

You can definitely mail order Bio-Spira or Safe Start though shipping is usually expensive as the ship it refrigerated.

In any event, none of these products should hurt your aquarium and may provide a bit of a boost in generation your biological filtration, though Safe Start and Bio-Spira will be the best.

John

Cycle does not acctualy cycle the tank - it removes ammonia and nitrite, but it needs to be added every week. It is basically an expensive false cycle.

sirdarksol · August 6th, 2008

Gonna agree with Hatchet. Cycle causes little mini cycles. It contains terrestrial nitrifying bacteria, which die off after a week or so, and need to be replaced. People who have had success with Cycle are either shelling out constantly for it, or got really lucky.

gwat6 · August 7th, 2008

ok im srry about the posts it was wierd i pressed edit and it made more coppies.

Devon · August 7th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jglover

You can definitely mail order Bio-Spira or Safe Start though shipping is usually expensive as the ship it refrigerated.

In any event, none of these products should hurt your aquarium and may provide a bit of a boost in generation your biological filtration, though Safe Start and Bio-Spira will be the best.

John

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I went looking all over the place for Bio-Spira a while back and it appears to have been discontinued completely. The company that used to make it (MarineLand Labs & TetraAqua) came up with a version that does not need to be refrigerated, Tetra Safe Start, making Bio-Spira basically obsolete. As far as I know Bio-Spira is only available for SW now.

Amanda · August 7th, 2008

Correct Devon.

gwat6 · August 7th, 2008

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