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

Once again product didnt arrive on time, thats the reason for the low rating. Other than the late arrival the product works as specified...

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.

Ill admit, its very shelf-stable. However, these heterotrophic bacteria cause more harm than good. You need a very good filtration system to avoid bacterial blooms from asphyxiating your fish. Also, this causes ammonia spikes for days because of all the organic matter it breaks down. Not really safe, unless you want a semi-clean aquarium with fish poop still on substrate. The bacteria that colonize the aquarium can only process so much. Id say about 0.10 ppm ammonia per day. Ive had more efficient success with other products. However, if one is looking for a Nitrification emergency, then you can dose a ton of Stability for that. Your mileage may vary. And if you plan on cycling huge Aquariums then good luck on waiting several weeks. Edit: after trying several products, I decided to bump this to from 3 to 4 stars. It does colonize on filter media better than true autotrophic nitrfiers, and withstand medications better. However, Stability sometimes takes forver on some tanks. Seachem doesnt state why and if its pH, kH, and/or oxygen related (dissolved oxygen). In my experience, Stability is good for colonizing your filter bed. But you have to dose other products to really get Ammonia levels down. And, I believe this will always be this way, unless you have a sump that is 5 times bigger than your tank. If you think about it: lakes, rivers, and the ocean has more surface area for bacteria to efficiently filter almost all the Ammonia. I guess well have to wait until someone invents a synthetic strain that does the job better than natural nitrifiers as aquariums are very far from being a natural environment for our fish.

This product showed no result for me .. I should bought turbo start.. but I was trying to be thrifty..now I get to start all over.. dont waste your money like I did

I don’t use anything other than Seachems products

in my fish in cycle, I used stability for 7 days. Day one: ammounia 50ppm, nitrite 0, Day eight: ammounia also around 50 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm. so I would say that Stability works, because I am doing a FISH IN N cycle. I dont expect that my cycle to be complete in 7 days for sure. But overall, Stability is a product I would recommend over Tetra Starter. Stability is harmless to fish as I see no sign of my fish being stressed. So if you want start your tank cycling, I would recommend this product.! I have to update my comments, its been 2 weeks, and my 5 gallon is fully cycled now, 0 ammonia or nitrite!!!! yes, only 2 weeks, I highly recommend this product!

Excellent product!

It benefits my fish in my tank

Had a power outage and my beneficial bacterua were struggling, so I ordered this. First week, nothing. Then I test after a couple more days and my tanks are cycled. Id recommend against getting the smallest bottle though, Im sure others would have better luck than I did with the next size up.

We wont use anything else.