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    Moderator urbanfarmer's Avatar
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    Re: Treatment that is offered

    Quote Originally Posted by badflash
    A "natural" cycle takes weeks to establish and stabilize. Inoculation from an established system is instant.
    Oh, I was thinking about buying bacteria to get a jump start. The main problem about buying bacteria from who knows where is that if may not survive in your environment after a while. I have read where the bacteria does well for a while then dramatically gets out-competed by some other bacteria and there are sharp spikes in ammonium levels... whereas using another system nearby makes a lot of sense because it avoids this process and speeds things up dramatically.

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    Re: Treatment that is offered

    I've yet to see any "bacteria in a bottle" product that does more than take your money.

    Find a friend with a healthy fish tank and squeze out their fish filter into a bucket of their water and dump it in yours. You can add fish immediately. I've done this many times.
    The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow

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