Seachem Stability Fish Tank Stabilizer - For Freshwater and Marine Aquariums 100ml

Worked just as described.

I will always but this stuff. Unparalleled.

Brought down my nitrites

much much better than the tetra equivalent. Add this to your new tank as well as this trick: Go to your local fish store and ask for a used old dirty filter. put it in a ziplock and keep it wet. When you get home, throw it in the tank. I know it seems disgusting, but it will jump start your beneficial bacteria cycle and cut weeks off your stabilization time. This and a bottle of Prime are a must have for any aquarium owner.

Good product

Worked well for cycling a ten gallon tank along with pure ammonia from ACE. I simply followed the directions on the bottle. I like stability because you can do water changes with it, as well as use Prime right away.

This cycled my tank in two weeks. You do need to use Seachem Prime to do a 2 week fish in cycle. The trick is to neutralize the ammonia and nitrites with the Prime, rather than remove them through water changes. This keeps the ammonia and nitrite available to feed the bacteria you are growing. The neutralized Ammonia and Nitrites will still show up in your water tests, and will still be available to the bacteria, but will not harm your fish. I kept a close eye on my levels (and my betta, Gerard). I did water tests twice daily during the nitrite spike, and made sure I did not go more than 36 hours between applications of the Seachem Prime -- this was to keep Gerard safe, Prime only protects fish against nitrites for 24 - 48 hours before you need to reapply. When levels were higher than 2.0 ppm on ammonia or nitrite, I did a 50% water change as well as a dosage of Prime. This ended up being about every 2 days. Remember to dose the prime for the whole tank volume, not just the replacement water. I did not overdose, because I did not want the chemical to build up in the system too much. Some people say that the bacteria in Stability is not the same as the wild nitrogen fixing bacteria, and that you will need to keep dosing this weekly forever in order to keep your colony going. That may be true, I dunno. The bottle isnt expensive and it will last a long time, so it doesnt hurt to just do it at least until you run out of it. By then, perhaps you will be well established and can stop dosing it. If you are in a situation where you have to fish in cycle, as I was, I say definitely use the Stability with Prime method.

Good

Killed my bottom feeder! Never using again! I switched to this from API to cycle my tank that I have had difficulty cycling since water change. The next morning my otherwise healthy bottom feeder was dead! Be careful with this product!

Safe for fish n live corals