Need help with choosing a bacteria in a bottle brand

[ichthyogeek]

I had to bleach a tank to get rid of all of the ich in it, and I don't have any extra filtration stuff on hand at the moment to seed it with home grown bacteria. I've read somewhere (probably here) that all the bacteria in a bottle brands work. But I might as well check to see which of these brands (the three cheapest that I could find on Amazon) is the most favored, just for kicks, and to see if there're any discrepancies. I know that the Start Smart works, since I used it about a year ago for a college nano tank. But I have no experience with BioSpira or Fritz. Let me know if you have any good stuff/bad stuff to say about these products!

 

[fishguy242]

old school here,dump some skimmate into to get started

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I vote bio-spira. It’s what I used to start my 40b going. That plus dosing a little bit of ammonia got my system going. So I can anecdotally say it works lol

 

[tankstudy]

I use biospira cause it's the easiest to obtain for me. I generally can find it on Petco shelves. I've used several other brands and the thing that matters most is that the bottled is stored properly before being sold to you otherwise they all work.

 

[PTXReef]

I used Fritz Turbo Start for mine, added my clowns the same day. Have no problems.

 

[mike550]

I had really good luck with Fritz Turbo Start as well. I added my clowns the next day.

 

[piranhaman00]

Biospira is the best imo.

 

[Don Lidtke]

I have tried all of those but have had the best experience using MicrōBacter Start XLM 15X.