Seachem Stability - For Freshwater and Marine Aquariums 250ml

Ive been using for at least a month and dont see where it really contributes anything to my tank

A+

I was using other products to help me cycle my tank after a sudden ammonia spike. With other products it took me 3 weeks to cycle with my African dwarf frogs but I decided to take a shot at the stability and within 4 days it was fully cycled and no issues whatsoever. I will definitely purchase again.

You wont be sorry. I had a power outage that threw my cycle out of whack and it stalled I though I had lost it but used this for 2 days and Im cycled again!! So happy with this product.

With no shortage of Biological water treatments available - Ive never really relied on them.The reason being is theres really no true shortcut to a fully cycled aquarium - you have to wait and let nature take its course. In the past Ive tried products like Cycle by Nutrafin and Easy start by Tetra but in most cases these products were used in setting up fast quarantine and hospital tanks. Most of these products -want you to use them continuously which doesnt make sense to me.If you have a fully cycled tank why would keep adding new strains of bacteria to already established water? Well, I think because some manufacturers want you too keep coming back for more and the price of admission isnt cheap. Cycle at around $22 for 16 ounces encourages you to dose your tank with 5 ml for every ten gallons once a week - and 10 ml for every ten gallons during water changes. Nonsense. This brings me to Stability by Seachem (one of my favorite companies)But being partial to them and their product line doesnt mean I dont question or research as best I can when trying something new.That said, Im nursing a new 55, a 40 and 125. I had a bottle of Stability which I had bought on a what the heck basis - the 55 has fish in it, I seeded the filter but still had serious ammonia spikes. Seachem claims that the bacteria used in competitive products are inherently unstable. And for the bacteria to survive it must live in the exact temperature, PH and other water parameters in which it was raised and colonized.This makes perfect sense.When you add this bacteria to your aquarium, it survives for a brief while - but then crashes and dies. Stability on the other hand, has bacteria that can survive in almost any kind of water - fresh and salt and virtually any type of water conditions.Seachem states the strain took a decade to develop. What sets it further apart from the competition is that it contains nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria which isnt the case for any other product of its kind.Seachem also states - other bacterial supplements form toxic hydrogen sulfide - something that can never happen with Stability. With this said, Ive dosed the 55 and 40 according to the directions which are 5 ml per 10 gallons on the first dose and a follow up of 5 ml per 20 gallons for 7 days.What Ive noticed - and noticed quickly, is that my water is clearly more stabilized. Currently I show no ammonia on the API test or Seachem Ammonia Alert meter - its been five days since the last dose and all of my readings are in the safe zone. I dont use it for water changes - but having experienced the problems of adding fish to a non or partially cycled tank, I have not so fond memories of daily 50% -80% water changes for weeks..ugh.Where Stability shines is in helping you protect your fish and stabilize the water, especially in keeping the primary fish killer - ammonia in check.So for specific applications Stability is an excellent product. Its harmless to fish and appears to deliver on its promise. But as a weekly or even monthly addition to established tank maintenance I wouldnt suggest it. To their Credit, Seachem says you can use it as an on going additive - but unlike other products they dont make it sound like you have to.

This stuff worked great! I added fish and my water got cloudy and had a teeny tiny ammonia spike for a day and then ammonia was gone!

Not bad for the money

Stability is always a MUST when building fish tanks. Definitely speeds up the cycling process if left in with enough ammonia (4ppm) to feed the bacteria.

I tried to use this to help cycle my new tank 2 times. First I tried fishless (with ammonia dosed) and tried for months with no progress at all. I figured I had done something wrong since I’m new to having fish and was figuring it all out. So I changed the water and decided to start fresh and try fish in cycle. Again I used the stability and also used Prime to detoxify the ammonia when it started rising. Almost 40 days later and I had absolutely no progress. I just had rising ammonia but no nitrites or nitrates. I stopped the stability and prime and used Tetra safe start + and few days later. That worked great! Tank completely cycle is 6 days! Wish I would have started off with TSS+.

This stuff is a miracle worker and I use it every time I start up a new tank. The instructions are easy to use and I buy this every time I move my tank to a new house or I start up a new tank. After adding this youre tank is up and running within a few days compared to a few weeks and it is truly a life saver for me and my fish. I will be using this product forever!.