So a friend of mine that works at the LFS (before you say anything, keep in mind she is a friend of mine and a very experienced and knowledgeable hobbyist.) At one point in time, back when I was a newb, I was having tank problems and she recommended a product called Biozyme, and she truly swears this stuff works.
Basically, Biozyme is a freeze-dried bacteria culture that contains nitrofying bacteria neccessary for the Nitrogen cycle. It acts much like yeast and springs back to life when put in water. Before I joined this forum, I used it on one of my tanks, and I always wondered if this was a miracle product, or if my tank finished out its cycle on its own.
Today is the day I make the move to find out. I am going to use this stuff on a fishless cycle on a small tank, and dose it for the 7 days that the instruction say. I will hopefully find out if this speeds up the cycle at all, or if it is a fluke. I knwo everyone here is against bottled bacteria, and is this product in no way claiming to be a miracle insta-cycle. Basically the instructions say to run it in an empty tank with fish food for 7 days before SLOWLY adding fish, so I am assuming it is supposed to assist in starting colonies. So we will see.
Supplies:
10g tank, water only, no gravel
1 bottle of 10% household ammonia
1 vial of Biozyme
1 cheap walmart filter meant for a 20-30g tank complete with brand new filter media.
Tap Water Params:
1.0ppm Ammonia
0ppm Nitrite
0ppm Nitrate
8.6 pH
I dosed the tank to 4ppm (undershot due to present ammonia in tap water)and added 1/16tsp of Biozyme. I will do a daily update as far as the water parameters to see how long it takes to complete a fishless cycle with the aid of this bacteria culture in a bottle. Yes, that include qualifying week. Also, no seeded media is being used in this experiment. I am doing this as if i am setting up a new tank.
And I am sure that this is not going to work, but since I am going a fishless cycle anyway, I figured, what the hey.
Basically, Biozyme is a freeze-dried bacteria culture that contains nitrofying bacteria neccessary for the Nitrogen cycle. It acts much like yeast and springs back to life when put in water. Before I joined this forum, I used it on one of my tanks, and I always wondered if this was a miracle product, or if my tank finished out its cycle on its own.
Today is the day I make the move to find out. I am going to use this stuff on a fishless cycle on a small tank, and dose it for the 7 days that the instruction say. I will hopefully find out if this speeds up the cycle at all, or if it is a fluke. I knwo everyone here is against bottled bacteria, and is this product in no way claiming to be a miracle insta-cycle. Basically the instructions say to run it in an empty tank with fish food for 7 days before SLOWLY adding fish, so I am assuming it is supposed to assist in starting colonies. So we will see.
Supplies:
10g tank, water only, no gravel
1 bottle of 10% household ammonia
1 vial of Biozyme
1 cheap walmart filter meant for a 20-30g tank complete with brand new filter media.
Tap Water Params:
1.0ppm Ammonia
0ppm Nitrite
0ppm Nitrate
8.6 pH
I dosed the tank to 4ppm (undershot due to present ammonia in tap water)and added 1/16tsp of Biozyme. I will do a daily update as far as the water parameters to see how long it takes to complete a fishless cycle with the aid of this bacteria culture in a bottle. Yes, that include qualifying week. Also, no seeded media is being used in this experiment. I am doing this as if i am setting up a new tank.
And I am sure that this is not going to work, but since I am going a fishless cycle anyway, I figured, what the hey.
