Guys prime will absolutely disrupt the safe start. I dont have the link handy but prime binds ammonia and the bb contained in safestart is in some way mixed with an ammonia solution plus the bb need the ammonia in the tank to survive. The prime or any dechlorinator will basically starve the bb and it'll just be a waste of money.
What size tank again ? Also dont follow the directions on the back of the bottle thsts for maintenance which is b.s 1 large bottle will handle a 75 gal depending on bioload.
Seachems bb is ok with prime but i think its junk safestart works fast and less hasstle imo
10 gal. Should I buy safe start again? I don't have any ceramic media in the tank. I have some new ones. Should I take some from the 55g? I know safe start worked with the other tank. Ammonia has been consistently at 0.15- 0.25 every day. Would it be okay for the polys to stick through the ammonia with the safestart to establish the tank? How many days would I go without WC? Cause I've been doing At this point would it just be better to put them in the 55g?
kno4te
Moke has dots on both her eyes now. All the other dots are gone. But I'm worried cause it's her eyes. Probably caused by the ammonia that won't seem to go away.
still doing 50% WC . should I continue to treat as ick? Also put some Paraguard in periodically. Don't know if this will help the eye thing. At this point would it be better to pt them in the 55g cause the ammonia and eye problems or still wait it out? Thoughts about safestart?
clm, you can also get some floating plants for your QT to help it cycle.
Water wisteria can literally just be thrown in the water if you can't find legit floating plants (other than duckweed, don't use duckweed - that stuff is tiny, gets everywhere and you'll never get rid of it.)
Can't find any floating plants at LFS. Maybe will order some. Will check to see if maybe my friend has some.
I have always used prime. I do switch between different bacteria though mostly stability or microbacter7 for start ups.
Always heard good things about prime. I've used tetra safe start as
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jaws7777
recommended which worked well(once I followed directions of not adding dechlorinator). I have aquavitro(seachem) seed which I think might work well. Idk yet lol.
