quick cycle a ten gallon

phishy · 07-19-2005, 02:38 PM

I need a 10 gallon tank to put some fish in tomorrow. I had called the lps and they told me they had biospira, at lunch I went to pick it up. They only had cycle and stability. Has any one every used either one of these I have only heard bad things about cycle.

Huugs · 07-19-2005, 02:55 PM

Stabilty is the only one (other than biospira) I think Ive heard people here say good thing about.

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Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

If you want to do a fishless cycle, then add some bacteria culture and some pure ammonia ( just a few drops ) every day to feed them until they grow enough to handle your tank's future fish.

I don't know if you can get "BioSpira" or "Stability" in Scotland yet, but these make things MUCH easier, with the former making your tank ready in one day, and the latter in a week.

And I think someone mentioned cycle at some time and people hadnt even heard of it. I did use it on mine untill I read 'the bad things' and it didnt seem to speed it up.

Also have a look at this thread http://www.fishforums.com/forum/show...ight=stability

Cichlid Man · 07-19-2005, 03:31 PM

With me I just seed my filter with medium from another one of my tanks, but IME biospira works just as well, apparently this product is the strongest of the range.

**TheOldSalt** · 07-20-2005, 12:08 AM

Stability is a good second-place contender. Cycle is junk.

phishy · 07-20-2005, 03:42 PM

Thanks for the information. I guess I will try the stability and old filter media.

07-19-2005, 02:38 PM	#1
phishy Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Age: 47 Posts: 8	quick cycle a ten gallon I need a 10 gallon tank to put some fish in tomorrow. I had called the lps and they told me they had biospira, at lunch I went to pick it up. They only had cycle and stability. Has any one every used either one of these I have only heard bad things about cycle.

07-19-2005, 03:31 PM	#3
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	With me I just seed my filter with medium from another one of my tanks, but IME biospira works just as well, apparently this product is the strongest of the range. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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