"Steve" wrote in message
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Koi-lo wrote:

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Yippeeeeeeeee,
The tank finally made it through the initial cycle, and is now at zero
nitrites. I was beggining to think it would never happen. That Bio
Spira
is worth every cent. Now all I need is a few water changes to get the
nitrates back down, and everything should be just fine.

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GOOD DEAL!!!! :-) I'm going to look for this product in my local
stores and mail-order aquarium catalogs.

BTW I bought 2 new ronchu (sp?) or lionheads this week. What an
addiction these fancy goldfish are.

Why bother with bottled bacteria if you already have established aquariums
or ponds? Just use some filter media, mulm, etc from your existing setups!

Because they don't always "take" for some reason. It would probably keep
ammonia at zero when I clean the betta bowls where there's always a rise in
ammonia for a few days.

I can see Bio Spira etc perhaps being useful for one's very first
aquarium.
Steve

I just had a tank where the "used and seeded" sponges from an established
tank failed to take. I even added live plants from the established tank,
yet the ammonia zoomed and stayed high. It was pretty disappointing and
aggravating. :-(
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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