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I got a catalog with that quote on the front cover this week. It is from a company that I have purchased from. Makes me want to not use them anymore

I've posted about using established filters to cycle a tank in less than a week but this is getting bad. I tried buying beneficial bacteria once and it was worthless.

I had a big problem years ago a nasty came through my water supply killed all the good bacteria and too many big fish.
I had been using a USA product once opened must be kept in the fridge. It was unobtainable at the time and I needed some thing strong NOW. I was told to get Seachem Stability and double dose for a week plus Melafix to lower the stress on the remainder of the fish. From the day I added Stability no fish lost.

Several years later I had to replace a broken tank I had saved less than 50% of the water. The substrate had to be washed which meant no good bacteria there. I still had my Eheim Pro11 going. I reset the tank up fast once I put the substrate in every thing was just put in very quickly. We are talking about a 5ft new set up now with just the good bacteria in the Eheim.
I double dosed with Stability for a week also Melafix less feeding and no lights for a week.

I NEVER lost a fish so some thing worked and it was Seachem Stability. I did a filter cleaning two weeks later and removed a lot of gunk, double dosed again once only.
From that day onwards I always add a standard dosage of Stability at every water change and a double dose at the filter cleaning.
It was explained to me that good bacteria has a short life span and it mutates its self and very quickly the good bacteria you started of with is nothing like the bacteria you now have in your filter.

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I agree that with atleast some bacteria, you can quickly establish your bio-filter with the right conditions. My 75 has 4 biowheels. I can take 1 out and simply let it float in a new tank. The bacteria will populate the new biowheel and will cycle in days rather than weeks. You still need to stock slowly as always.


These guys are implying that you can buy a brand new tank and stock it 24 hours later with a single dose of this product.

I guess it can't hurt. Better than someone going home with nothing but a new tank, food, and a dozen fish...

These guys are implying that you can buy a brand new tank and stock it 24 hours later with a single dose of this product.

It must be a fantastic product or very good "Snake Oil"
The tank could have a small stocking of fish used to cycle a tank eg Zebra Danios

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What does this Stability consist of ?


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Seachem would be the only ones to give you that answer, that is if they decide to. All I know is that it worked for me when I had two big problems
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Those bottled products do not work. You'll inevitably have a massive die off during a readjustment period (that is to say, you're far better off taking some conditioned sponges from a separate tank), not to mention that nitrogen cycling is far too complicated to maintain itself in a bottle on the shelf for god knows how long. Furthermore, nitrosomonas and kin are slower to adjust and divide than their nitrifying kin, meaning you end up with a spike of nitrite, regardless. Furthermore, it is impossible to maintain a culture that is uniformly adaptable in all ranges of water chemistry "as soon as you add" said culture.

Stick with used filter media and drippings if you want to cycle a tank fast. You can most certainly cycle a tank within a day just by swapping filters.