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[vote]Bio-Spira[/vote]
I used BioSpira to cycle my ten gallon and had no issues whatsoever with it. It cycled instantly, I never even noticed much in the way of ammonia or nitrite spikes.

I used NIC when my twenty gallon was treated with antibiotics for a cyanobacteria episode. There was a hint of a minicycle, but thanks to NIC, it wasn't too bad. I noticed minor spikes, but nothing overly harsh.

Overall, I liked BioSpira better, but wasn't able to get it when I was working with my twenty gallon. Although I did a normal cycle with the twenty gallon to start it, after seeing danios die in my sister's fifteen gallon during a cycle with NIC, I'd really rather not start up a new tank without BioSpira. (Although why betta girls survived a non-assisted cycle with ease and danios died in an NIC dosed tank is beyond me.)

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

[vote]AP's Stress Zyme[/vote]
Im trying to get my hands on some bio spira. and i will use some of it for my next cycle.

[vote]Bio-Spira[/vote]
This works REALLY well. It is proven to be better than NIC. Cory_Di did a test with NIC and Bio-Spira. Bio-Spira pretty much cycles your tank immediately. As with NIC, you have to make sure you have some ammonia source when you add the bacteria, or slightly before.

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Fascinating, thanks. What I'm looking for is really what people have used that works, how they worked for them from their own experience..supplements, starters, whatever the case may be.

[span class="edited"][Edited by jake 2004-08-17 21:43][/span]

Be advised that NIC and Bio Spira are bacteria "starters" not supplements, active almost immediately to allow new fish to be added after acclimation to a new tank without the hassle of complete cycling first.

--garyroland.