Aquarium Snake Oil
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k2parkstar
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Aiptasiax worked great for me
jeffesaurusrex
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Whaaaat?? I've used that stuff to clear Aiptasia from two different tanks, it works like a charm.
You onviously have never used Frytz zyme 900 turbo start. It's expensive and requires overnight shipping but this stuff works great! Cycled my 215 with it and never showed traces of ammonia on test kit.
Reef safe Ich cures kick Ich :nono:
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Ridem32
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Startsmart by TLC: works great every tank that I have has been cycled with Startsmart with one day set up with high dollar fish ! It works great! I use it once a week still in all my tanks! Startsmart complete!
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I actually love my local fish store. They give great advice and every employe has at least 10+ years experience. It's only 4 guys but a large store.
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Thats a good one...I remember when Bob Goemans was pushing that... Really nice guy who really cared about the hobby but pushed the wrong product and the hobby turned on him.
dwilliams87
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Agreed 100%!
RavePartyReef
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I agree no such thing as intang cycle, however, do believe in speeding it up with a trustworthy bacteria product.
DR Tim's One and Only IMO does help speed up things. Would you be able to start a tank without it and be successful? Oviously.
Ive used it and do like it. Issue with reef tanks is about 75% of the hobyists dont know what they are doing, and blame/swear by products.
Its hard to point out when something works or not when theres 10 other things going against someones susccess bc they just dont have experience with the hobby.
The reason also we see so many bs products out there is because the industry capitalizes BIG on the newbie hobbyist that starts out buying everything he sees in a FS shelf asking for advice from the owner that wants to make $
DR Tim's One and Only IMO does help speed up things. Would you be able to start a tank without it and be successful? Oviously.
Ive used it and do like it. Issue with reef tanks is about 75% of the hobyists dont know what they are doing, and blame/swear by products.
Its hard to point out when something works or not when theres 10 other things going against someones susccess bc they just dont have experience with the hobby.
The reason also we see so many bs products out there is because the industry capitalizes BIG on the newbie hobbyist that starts out buying everything he sees in a FS shelf asking for advice from the owner that wants to make $
Lazys Coral House
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- Purple up works. It adds calcium, alk and iodine to a tank. This is what Coraline algae requires to grow. There are other less expensive options especially for large systems but it works as described.
- Bacteria additives speed up a cycle but overnight cycling is a bit silly. It depends what your expectations of a cycle is. Undoubtedly their is quality difference between each product. Some are probably so diluted & contaminated that they would qualify as snake oil while others can significantly help reduce cycle time and reduce microfauna loss or any other living organism it the tank.
- Joe's Juice works. Again it depends what your expectations are. If you follow the instructions turning off flow and cover the aiptasia with it, it will die. I have witnessed it. In a problem tank with lots of aiptasia it probably isn't a realistic solution due difficulty of access to the aiptasia. For onesie, twosie it works fine.
- PH Buffer; a bit surprised to see that in this thread. It is what almost every reefer in the world uses to boost alkalinity and PH in their tank. (exception to those that have calcium reactor). PH buffer is Sodium Carbonate/Bicarbonate
- Bacteria additives speed up a cycle but overnight cycling is a bit silly. It depends what your expectations of a cycle is. Undoubtedly their is quality difference between each product. Some are probably so diluted & contaminated that they would qualify as snake oil while others can significantly help reduce cycle time and reduce microfauna loss or any other living organism it the tank.
- Joe's Juice works. Again it depends what your expectations are. If you follow the instructions turning off flow and cover the aiptasia with it, it will die. I have witnessed it. In a problem tank with lots of aiptasia it probably isn't a realistic solution due difficulty of access to the aiptasia. For onesie, twosie it works fine.
- PH Buffer; a bit surprised to see that in this thread. It is what almost every reefer in the world uses to boost alkalinity and PH in their tank. (exception to those that have calcium reactor). PH buffer is Sodium Carbonate/Bicarbonate
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Pappy
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"Buffers alone are not generally a good method as they raise pH little, and result in excessive alkalinity. Unfortunately, the labels on many commercial buffers are written in ways that convince aquarists that the pH will be fine if they just add some buffer. More often than not, the pH is not improved for more than a day, and the alkalinity rises beyond desired limits."
Per this article and my experience...
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.php
Ph buffer is sold as ph buffer not alkalinity additive which is in fact what it is. Co2 is generally the main cause of low ph not alk.
