Starting a new tank? Get Stress Zyme!!!

[Neon1]

That product is the Truth. My water tested out perfect on Thursday...two days shy of being two weeks set-up!! That's right. Two weeks. Today is two weeks since it's been completely running. I added two glow-light tetras 24 hours after I set it up.

The tank is a 10 gallon tank, not planted. It has all artificial decor in it, set-up to look like the a salt water tank.

I changed the water 4 days after set-up, and added Stress Zyme as directed. I changed the water again a week later and added stress zyme.

I tested the water on two days ago on Friday with a liquid test kit. My tank is cycled. Water is cyrstal clear, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrites, a shade under 10 Nitrates. I added three more Glow-light tetras today and they are swimming around great. Will add some Harlequin raspora's next week.

I just wanted to inform begining aquarists of this product. It is excellent. Help maintain your water clean in a cycled tank, and boosts the nitrogen cycle immensly when adding it after set-up. The product is basically bacteria in a bottle. The beneficial bacteria that consume your ammonia that take a couple weeks to form, you add immediately in with Stress Zyme.

Highly Reccommend for new tanks as well a regular use for established tanks.


NOTE: THE WATER THAT I'VE BEEN USING IS BOTTLED SPRING WATER, MUCH MORE PURE AND CLEAN THAN TAP WATER, EVEN WITH CONDITIONERS. THIS MAY HAVE HAD A ROLE IN IT AS WELL, SINCE IT'S VERY LOW TO PROBABLY CONTAINING 0 AMMONIA.

[fishbguy]

I my guess is that it is pure luck. Stresszyme isn't one of the bacteria products that wok so to speak. And with the glow light tetras, wih only 2 of them, they are so small, and produce so little waste, any fish you add from here must be one or 2 at a time. tetras produce little waste, and 2 of the smaller ones are no exception.

If your going to use something, use bio spira or seachem's stability. Those are the 2 products that work. I use almost nothin but seachem, and I am in love.

[Good Wolf]

I used Turbo Boost, which I think is a product made by my LFS and it works great. It is bacteria that comes directly from their filter media.

My wife has always used Stress Zyme and had a lot of luck with it. I figure a combination of the two won't hurt. I plan on using them both for the 75g. I'll let you know how it goes.

[fishbguy]

It is easy to make your own....just take filter media from an existing tank, and dump it into the new tank...boom...instant cycle!

[Neon1]

Originally Posted by fishbguy

I my guess is that it is pure luck. Stresszyme isn't one of the bacteria products that wok so to speak. And with the glow light tetras, wih only 2 of them, they are so small, and produce so little waste, any fish you add from here must be one or 2 at a time. tetras produce little waste, and 2 of the smaller ones are no exception.

If your going to use something, use bio spira or seachem's stability. Those are the 2 products that work. I use almost nothin but seachem, and I am in love.

It says right on the bottle it is. One teaspoon contains 300 million beneficial bacteria. You are adding it right to the tank.

I plan on the tank having most inhabitants to be like the glo-light tetras. I've added three more, so I have five. Next week I will test the water and if it's good, I plan to add some Harlequin Rasporas.

[Obsidian]

Be careful with the bottled water because there are minerals that many bottled waters take OUT that the fish NEED. So if you are using bottled water (especially pure reverse osmosis water) then you will need to add minerals to aid your fish.

[trashion]

Also, do not add the harlequins. 1 school of small fish is plenty for a 10 gallon.

[fishbguy]

yeah...boxes say alot of stuff...Do you get consumer reports magazine? On the very last page, they have all the labels from products and typos, mis-information, etc. Don't always trust labels....they are just a selling thing.

[Neon1]

Originally Posted by Obsidian

Be careful with the bottled water because there are minerals that many bottled waters take OUT that the fish NEED. So if you are using bottled water (especially pure reverse osmosis water) then you will need to add minerals to aid your fish.

I know. I'm using 100% natural spring water. My fish are thriving in the tank. The swim around very hyper, playing, alert. Everything is fine.

As far as the Harlequin's, I didn't have problems having a few of them along with tetras in my last 10 gallon set-up. I'm going to get three, so I'll have 8 fish total.

[Good Wolf]

You really should have at least 6 of any type of schooling fish. It's your tank and you'll do what you want to with it but the fish will be happier if you stock it properly.

I know they may seem to be fine, but they really do get stressed without the proper number of fish in a school.