Dr Tims Ammonia and One and Only Questions

[KDG730]

Cycling my first tank just bought Dr Tims Ammonia and his One and Only Bacteria. Have a few questions

1. My bottle says 4 drops per gallon which seemed like alot to me. I googled it and read others have done 4 drops and overdosed ammonia which i dont want to do. Other say 1 per gallon is correct. Anyone have experience with this and know how many drops per gallon is correct?

2. When do i add the One and Only should i wait until my ammonia spikes? Or just do it when i add the ammonia

 

[OutsideBrian]

I heard dr Tim’s changed the dosing on their bottle which may be leading to your confusion. Dose according to the bottle.

Go ahead and add the bacteria at the same time.

 

[babyjess210]

I dose 4 drops per instructions and my cycle stalled after 6 weeks. I spoke to my LFS and he did 4 drops on his tank and took forever to cycle and recommend 2 drops. I did a 100% WC after my cycled stalled and added 1 drop per gallon. Both ammonia and nitrites were 0 after 24 hours so I increase to 1.5 drops and increase daily if ammonia and nitrites measure 0. After 5 days of my 100% WC my tank was cycled. HTH

 

[KDG730]

Welp I dosed 4 drops per gallon last night so now im nervous but hopefully it doesn't get too high I will check tonight