gonna be starting a new tank soon been reading and taking in as much info as possible so I'm trying to do everything right myquestion is this,, is the nutrí seawater the show tanked promotes any good like does is really cycle that fast or is that not the route I should take???????
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I would not really follow any advice from Tanked.
Most of the bacteria that "cycles" your tank will live on surfaces - live rock, live sand (debateable), matrix, marinepure, etc. You can add some of the bacteria by buying a bottle of it like Seachem Stability. It will help speed things up a little bit but not instantly cycle.
Most of the bacteria that "cycles" your tank will live on surfaces - live rock, live sand (debateable), matrix, marinepure, etc. You can add some of the bacteria by buying a bottle of it like Seachem Stability. It will help speed things up a little bit but not instantly cycle.
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Very expensive compared to saltwater you can most probably get from your LFS for $1/gallon and just add in some BioSpira, Dr. Tim's, etc. for starting nitrogen cycle. Fast cycling isn't necessarily a good thing, btw.
Rafael, my thoughts with the nutri seawater has always been that yes it will have nitrifying bacteria in the water already, which will help eliminate most of the cycle of the tank and should eliminate the ammonia spike, but I still would not advise to add fish right away like Tanked does. First, depending on the size of your tank, it could get very expensive to buy enough of the seawater to be able to even fill your tank and sump if you have one. Second, when you do add fish, that is going to increase your bioload and if there isnt enough bacteria in the seawater than it wont be able to keep up and you might get an ammonia spike anyway, depending on what type of biological filtration you have along with how much skimming you are doing. Especially if you over feed at first while getting use to things that is really going to cause excess nutrients that a new tank, with "Natural Sea Water" or Tap water or even RODI water will not keep up with like a mature tank. No matter if you go with RODI or the seawater I personally would wait it out for a couple weeks and just let the tank mature on its own.
My suggestion would be to use RODI water and add Biospira by Instant Ocean, or some other form of bacteria if you want to cycle the tank faster. Adding bacteria products like this do the same thing as the nutri sea water, both just add nitrifying bacteria to try and avoid the ammonia spike, but products like biospira is going to be cheaper than buying nutri seawater. Otherwise you could just toss a raw shrimp inside the tank and let it do it the all natural way and just let the cycle take place over several weeks and just watch your ammonia raise than drop, than nitrite, than nitrate. Again, I am not saying the nutri seawater will not work, I am just saying to me personally I dont think it is worth all the money you would spend on it, that is money better spent on an RODI system or other supplies you may need.
To each their own, as we all know there is countless ways to skin a cat. If you have any other questions or are confused by anything I posted let me know and I will clarify.
My suggestion would be to use RODI water and add Biospira by Instant Ocean, or some other form of bacteria if you want to cycle the tank faster. Adding bacteria products like this do the same thing as the nutri sea water, both just add nitrifying bacteria to try and avoid the ammonia spike, but products like biospira is going to be cheaper than buying nutri seawater. Otherwise you could just toss a raw shrimp inside the tank and let it do it the all natural way and just let the cycle take place over several weeks and just watch your ammonia raise than drop, than nitrite, than nitrate. Again, I am not saying the nutri seawater will not work, I am just saying to me personally I dont think it is worth all the money you would spend on it, that is money better spent on an RODI system or other supplies you may need.
To each their own, as we all know there is countless ways to skin a cat. If you have any other questions or are confused by anything I posted let me know and I will clarify.
