tprize Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 So I am looking at doing dry sand and dry rock in my new tank, and there are tons of companies that offer “Quick cycles/ bacteria strains. Any experience with some of the big ones: Polyplab Genesis Brightwell Aquatics Microbactor Dr Tims one and only live bacteria Fritz Tyme turbo start Lif Bio Fil or any of the other 900 options. Also any good guides on cycling in a modern reef world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansweet Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 I have used Dr Tim’s a few times with good results. I’d imagine that most of them are pretty equivalent but you might do some reading on the “bigger ones. I flunked out of med school, and that makes me a doctor in New Jersey, so take my opinion as such. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmrun Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 I believe BRS has a series on cycling a tank in this fashion. One of my take aways is that while they help delay some of the ugly stage of cycling, the tank will still go through a stage where algae is going to grow heavily. That being said, the bottled bacteria does prevent or lessen the odds that other unfriendly bacteria like cyano etc. will take hold. My limited understanding but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express one time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanknovice Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 I used Dr Tims a couple of times with good success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprize Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Thanks everyone, the cycle has started, I went with the new tropic Eden dry rock, and if you have not seen it, it’s incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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