Seachem Stability Fish Tank Stabilizer - For Freshwater and Marine Aquariums, 16.9 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)

Works well

To clarify this is what you use to start the bacterial cycle in a new fish tank and boost an already established tank. It is used to help break down solid waste in a tank and help prevent bad bacterias from developing. I just started a 55 gallon tank with 10 two year old goldfish and we all know how dirty those fish are... I started my tank with this bio bacteria and it works great. You shake the bottle and you hear some carbonated fizzing from the active bacteria and pour a few caps of this directly into your filters to start the process and it will keep your fish from dieing because of New tank syndrome IE all your fish die a horrible death because of chemical spikes. This stuff works miracles in helping to break down solids quickly and keeping fish healthy. It will make your water milky for a day or so because of a HEALTHY bacterial spike and then it levels out and the balance is found naturally. It is the best thing you can buy for a healthy tank and healthy fish. I can not sing the praises of this enough. Totally hooked on Seachem Stability for life. If you have a 55 gallon tank or bigger buy 2 of the 500ml bottles because I wish I did. I used 1/4 of a bottle in a week starting my tank and its a good idea to put a cap full in your filters after you wash them to get the bio filtration action going again. So over a year you will definitely use up a whole bottle maybe more depending on how much you feel you need it. And if you suffer a disaster and have to do a total water change you need this to keep your fish alive in a non established tank.

I love my fish and was worried because the water was a bit yellow. This product helped stabilize the water.

Great buy... use with prime and stress guard

It works. Used it to start a brand new fluval edge 12 gal with sand substrate. Water treated with Prime, added a handful of live plants and started the 7 day dosing. On day 2 added a handful of tetras and a couple cories. Add a few more after 7 days. Throughout the 7-day period, and over the 5 months since, I NEVER detected ammonia or nitrites (0ppm) and have seen low nitrates (~10 ppm) using API kits (both test tubes & strips, repeatedly as I had a hard time believing the results). Virtually instant cycling, which I did not think was possible but I now attribute to using this product in conjunction with LIVE PLANTS, which gobble up ammonia and nitrates. Cant stress enough how much better a planted aquarium is for maintaining water quality and healthy fish. Ditch those plastic plants, try a few of the more common aquatic plants until you find ones that do well in your particular setup. Yes its a bit more work --- I follow a regular dosing schedule using Seachem Excel (no CO2 injection) and Seachem Fertilizers (Flourish, Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorous) and have beautiful thriving plants and healthy fish (and now shrimp, too)

I have read a lot of the reviews of problems people have had, while I dont agree with the claim of instant bio filter as in my 30+ years I have never seen or found any product that will actually create a full, stable cycle, only time and the miracles of nature, I do not believe any cycle that is rushed is stable enough to handle what is thrown at it! I do think Seachem would be wise to change that! There really is no shortcut to a proper cycled tank that could take up to 6 weeks! This stuff is really for the routine maintenance that it is more suited for like filter maintenance or gravel vacs anywhere or anytime you might loose Benifical Bacteria. I only use this during those times on my 90,135 & 220 gallon tanks and have had zero issues others have claimed which tells me there lack of understanding of the nitrogen cycle or what the product can really do! This product will no way cycle your tank it may help but too many factors contribute to a completed cycle. What this will do is help during routine maintenance to replace loss of BB as well as it could aid in any small spikes. I also will not deduct stars for bottles leaking and or damaged as others have done (guess they dont understand product reviews? If Seachem shipped then different story), as that has zero to do with the results of the product

It works well, worth the price.

Foolishly walking through a Walmart fish dept., I made the mistake of checking out their too large stock of forlorn Bettas. One “spoke” to me! I plopped down the $4.97 (or whatever!), for my new finny friend and then made my way to a big box pet store in search of his perfect home. Over $100 later, home we went! So started the saga of setting up an uncycled aquarium. Ammonia problems for weeks, bought the Prime initially, just to damper the ammonia. Then found the Seachem helpline, who held my hand-not REALLY, but almost!-through the next few weeks! They recommended that Stability would likely speed the process by adding the good bacteria. Between phone calls and multiple emails the water finally tested 0ppm for Ammonia yesterday. I can highly recommend the product and ESPECIALLY the members of the support team! Thank you!

Ive been using this product for a while, its pretty good stuff but you need to take into consideration that the instructions on the bottle are not going to have your tank cycled in 7 days. The way to use Stability is along with Seachem Prime water conditioner, and water changes. You want to dose both of these daily while you fish-in cycle your aquarium. The formula that I have been doing is as follows. If you have less than 1 ppm ammonia or nitrite - dose Stability and Prime, wait 24 hours and check again If you have more than 1 ppm ammonia or nitrite- do atleast 50% water change, sometimes 75% is best depending on how high your ammonia and nitrite is. Then dose Stability and Prime. The key to cycling your tank and keeping your fish healthy is to keep ammonia and nitrite below 1 ppm, by using Prime Water Conditioner because it will bind these into non toxic forms for 24 hours. This also allows your growing bed of bacteria to have something to eat on. I am currently cycling a 20 gallon long tank, with one Oranda Goldfish. They are large waste producers, so I normally double my prime dosage and quadruple my stability dosage just to be on the safe side. Amazon by far has the best price for the 500ml bottles!

My stepson got a 55 gallon tank for christmas, and I had been trying to get it to cycle for some time before he moved his fish into it, using added ammonia. No luck, so the fish were moved over and we used Seachem Prime (another exellent product) and continuous water changes to keep the ammonia levels down. Two weeks and a couple of bacteria products later, we were still getting 2ppm ammonia and 0 nitrites and nitrates. I ended up getting Stability and the same day the ammonia went down to .25ppm and we finally got readings on the nitrites and nitrates. It has worked very well for us. WORD OF CAUTION: If you get this or any other live bacteria product, make sure you do one day shipping (at least if it is summer or winter). The temperature extremes during average shipping can kill off the bacteria, leading to this being as useful as a bottle of water.