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[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
*does a dance for NIC*

The question is

what everyone has used that actually produces visible results and that has worked for them.

and I've used NIC as a starter for all my tanks and it's helped speed things along everytime, we cannot get Bio-Spira here but I really don't care because the NIC does the job

[span class="edited"][Edited by RustyBlade 2004-08-21 00:00][/span]

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
NIC for me! Tested and approved, by me

[vote]Bio-Spira[/vote]
By what I have learned, and then later thinking about it, Bio-Spira is the only one that really makes since to me. I have heard that a lot of people have had luck with other products, but Bio-Spira is the only one that makes sence to me.

This may sound odd as some of you know my qualms with bio-spira

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
im using NIC bio spira sells out every where so it will take as long to cycle then because of the long time its going to take to find bio spira lol.

My bio-spira cost about $15 for enough for 30 gallons, I think.

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[vote]AP's Stress Zyme[/vote]
Have just re-entered the hobby but have had good success then and now with it.

I know Bio Spira isn't available right now, but how much does it cost (USD) when it is?

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
Has worked very well for me. I have also tried other chems that are supposed to speed things up and they just do not work. This was of course before I found NI Cycle.

I don't think that any of the people who voted for NIC have even tried Bio-Spira. No one would choose NIC over Bio-Spira. Bio-Spira just works better. It isn't really a fair comparison when I'm sure many of these people have only used one of the products mentioned in the poll.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
What I have always recommended to people who ask. Thoguh I have heard good reports about Bio Spira too.

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[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
I like NIC, it won't cycle your tank immediately but it does reduce the length of it IME. I've never seen biospira in stores around here but i would like to give it a try.

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
Does anyone know if you can get biospira in canada?

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
yep my tank cycled in like a week or something. We can't get bio-spira in NZ so i use this

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I know some people that love N.I.C., and I've heard others talk about different additives ( bacterial starters, supplements, whatever) that have worked for them, so I was just wondering what everyone has used that actually produces visible results and that has worked for them.
[option1]Bio-Spira[/option1]
[option2]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/option2]
[option3]AP's Stress Zyme[/option3]
[option4]Aquatic Culture Treatment ( ACT) from Mardel[/option4]
[option5]Seachem's Stability[/option5]
[option6]Other[/option6]




[span class="edited"][Edited by jake 2004-08-17 21:34][/span]

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
I swear by it.

Joe Potato

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
Enough said..

-- Gomer

[vote]Bio-Spira[/vote]
I like Bio-Spira. It cycled my fully stocked 75 gallons immediately. I tested for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate daily for a month. After getting zero readings for ammonia and nitrite for that long I went back to my usual weekly testing. I know that not everyone experiences results like I did, but from talking with other hobbyist, I've notice their ammonia and nitrite spikes are not nearly as sever. Kudos to the researchers who spent years developing this product. Now if they can just do some gene modification to make the bacteria grow faster so it can be in production again!

[vote]Other[/vote]
I just cycle my aquarium naturally, or sometimes with zebra danio's that I plan on keeping in the aquarium.

[vote]New Improved Cycle (nic)[/vote]
I made my brother use NIC when he started his tanks. Seeing how he added all of his fish at one time(the day after the tank was setup), it had to be the NIC that kept his tanks from being a disaster. And he overstocked from the get-go as well: 8 danios, 1 betta, and 1 otto(in a 10 gallon) & 3 green cories, 3 peppered cories, 3 danios, and 1 clown pleco(also in a 10 gallon).

[vote]Seachem's Stability[/vote]
I use Seachem


Kim