fritz turbo start 900 false advertisement

[2020 Worst Year]

So fritz claim the cycle is done in 5 days or less i am on day 7 and currently the bacteria can only handle converting 0.16 ammonia per day i am using a hanna checker not the crappy colour charts

 

[hexcolor reef]

Fritz suck use Special Blend bacteria and night out ll made by the same company. Your system will jump start asap

 

[cdnco2004]

So fritz claim the cycle is done in 5 days or less i am on day 7 and currently the bacteria can only handle converting 0.16 ammonia per day i am using a hanna checker not the crappy colour charts

How do you prove your claim of false advertisement?

 

[2020 Worst Year]

How do you prove your claim of false advertisement?

cause i have used it and my tank is not cycled durrrr

 

[2020 Worst Year]

Fritz suck use Special Blend bacteria and night out ll made by the same company. Your system will jump start asap

by Microbe-Lift?

 

[Cell]

Fritzyme has been well vetted around here and proven to work. I don't believe our hobby kits are accurate enough to say what you claiming without a doubt. What we do know is that ammonia is being processed.

 

[2020 Worst Year]

Fritzyme has been well vetted around here and proven to work. I don't believe our hobby kits are accurate enough to say what you claiming without a doubt. What we do know is that ammonia is being processed.

very very very slow for day 7 of what they claim to be 5 days or under cycle i should be seeing 2ppm to 0 in 24 hours instead im seeing 0.16ppm per 24h being processed on day 7 that is pathetic

 

[rhitee93]

How much rock, sand and other biomedia do you have in the tank?

 

[2020 Worst Year]

How much rock, sand and other biomedia do you have in the tank?

more than enough

 

[hexcolor reef]

by Microbe-Lift?

That’s the one

 

[danimal1211]

very very very slow for day 7 of what they claim to be 5 days or under cycle i should be seeing 2ppm to 0 in 24 hours instead im seeing 0.16ppm per 24h being processed on day 7 that is pathetic

Have you tested nitrites and nitrates, you could use those results to calculate how much NH3 you’re tank is consuming 1ppm NH3–>2.7ppm NO2–>3.6ppm NO3.

 

[2020 Worst Year]

i have tested them but they are impossible results i initially added 3ppm ammonia my nitrites we're 22ppm checked ammonia it was 2.2ppm i did a 95% water change nitrites we're at 5ppm then i dosed 1ppm ammonia nitrites are at 5

 

[2020 Worst Year]

so not testing nitrites anymore

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

Before I get into this, let me start with a simple disclaimer, I'm not a Fritz fan, I don't use any of their products personally in any of my tanks.

Now, I'm not quite understanding why you're confused as to why you still have ammonia when you've added ammonia. Assuming you are cycling a new tank, the ammonia source should have only been added once on day 1 prior to the addition of the Fritz product.

Per your own post, your ammonia was decreasing, showing that the bacteria was starting to do its job (maybe not as fast as you would have liked) and you now interfered by doing a water change and added more ammonia. So of course you still have ammonia, you are essentially back on Day 1 of your cycle again.

Unless your tank was super cloudy from a bacteria bloom it was best left alone.

I am not defending Fritz, nor accusing you. But maybe saying that calling their product out in this case is a rush to judgement based on your account provided to us.

 

[fishyjoes]

The requirement to process 2ppm in 24 hrs is way overkill unless you plan on adding dozens of fish all at once
I preseeded a tank until it was processing 2ppm in 24 hours and was able to add 17 fish (1.5 to 2 inch size) all at once with no ammonia spike.
If you're only adding a few fish at once you already have enough "cycle" for that

 

[2020 Worst Year]

Before I get into this, let me start with a simple disclaimer, I'm not a Fritz fan, I don't use any of their products personally in any of my tanks.

Now, I'm not quite understanding why you're confused as to why you still have ammonia when you've added ammonia. Assuming you are cycling a new tank, the ammonia source should have only been added once on day 1 prior to the addition of the Fritz product.

Per your own post, your ammonia was decreasing, showing that the bacteria was starting to do its job (maybe not as fast as you would have liked) and you now interfered by doing a water change and added more ammonia. So of course you still have ammonia, you are essentially back on Day 1 of your cycle again.

Unless your tank was super cloudy from a bacteria bloom it was best left alone.

I am not defending Fritz, nor accusing you. But maybe saying that calling their product out in this case is a rush to judgement based on your account provided to us.

i did the water change yesterday so in the 6 days (over there 5 days or less cycle time) my ammonia went from 3.2ppm to 2.2ppm so still only 1ppm in 6 days

 

[2020 Worst Year]

The requirement to process 2ppm in 24 hrs is way overkill unless you plan on adding dozens of fish all at once
I preseeded a tank until it was processing 2ppm in 24 hours and was able to add 17 fish (1.5 to 2 inch size) all at once with no ammonia spike.
If you're only adding a few fish at once you already have enough "cycle" for that

how sure are you about that cause i have a fish reserved and it was not cheap its costing me £1350

 

[Nano_Man]

how sure are you about that cause i have a fish reserved and it was not cheap its costing me £1350

Make sure it is definitely cycled before you add a fish of that price

 

[fishyjoes]

how sure are you about that cause i have a fish reserved and it was not cheap its costing me £1350

I don't know how much ammonia a fish of whatever size produces. I'm just telling you my direct experience.

In addition to my other story - I have used turbo start to add fish on day one as well.
I set up a QT system, added fritz turbo start, and added the fish to QT all in the same day (three separate times, twice with one fish each, and once with two fish) and didn't lose any of those fish though 60 day quarantine.

 

[ReefHunter006]

how sure are you about that cause i have a fish reserved and it was not cheap its costing me £1350

Weird. I had an emergency and had to throw 52 fish into a half filled 150 tote with fresh water. Used fritz to control ammonia. They are on week 3 of their new qt home.

Worked for me.