microbacter 7

  1. S

    Combine stability and microbacter7

    Hi guys, i’m new to marine. Can i start cycle by stability and maintain by microbac7 ? Or i can start cycle by both of them ? Im not sure that they wont fight each other
  2. CayoHueso

    Cycle Is Done... Is It Time For First Water Change?

    Hi Everyone, The cycle is done on my tank. I've been using Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride Solution in combination with Instant Ocean Bio Spira and MicroBacter 7. I've been following Dr Tim's Guide To Fishless Cycling. According to the schedule from Dr. TIm's I shouldn't perform a water change...
  3. J

    Cycling with cured rock

    Hi all, i am new to this hobby & started to cycle a new 20gallon nano tank with cured rock and live sand. Basically I just followed the aquarium owner’s instruction using microbacter7 and brightwell biofuel only. This is day 4 and the test kit is not picking up any ammonia or nitrate. Is these...
  4. Hannahmunt

    Microbacter7 help

    Hello, my nitrates have been rising consistently. All time high of 35 last week. My tank is 160litres with live rock live sand and is roughly 9months old. I have a cuc as well for the past month I’ve removed 4 fish, changed ro water as is had high tds done a 50% water change and change the...
  5. harsha22

    Green algae after water change

    Hi, I use RO water, perform bi-weekly water change. I notice green algae on the rocks right after my water changes. The RO filters are 3 months old and not fully used to their capacity. What I did notice was, if I don't change the water for 4 weeks the water was relatively better than 2 week...
  6. rja

    End of cycle? All my nitrAtes disappeared?

    Hello, So I have been fishless cycling my BC29 for a couple weeks now and I went through an ammonia spike, nitrite spike, and… not a nitrate spike? [USING API TEST KIT— I know, it’s junk] I may sound delusional but literally, my ammonia was so high that the tests were robin-egg blue. Everyone...
  7. Falc!

    Microbactor 7 and microbactor clean. Together?

    I’m new here and I hope I’m doin this correctly but I can’t seem to find post about people using mb7 and mb clean together… my tank is fairly new and I’ve been out of it for several years and I’ve never used them until now. Went through cycle without issues and did have a diatom bloom and some...
  8. GotCrabs

    Brown Fuzz on Rock - Seeking Advice

    Hope some can help guide me in this challenge. Thanks in advance. Background/Problem: My tank was running for 7+ years. It had a brown fuzz on the rock that I was never able to remove from the system. Vacuum it off and it came right back. It is easily brushed off into the water...
  9. GotCrabs

    Pump detritus directly into protein skimmer?

    My first post I believe. Appreciate all the insights I've learned from everyone and amazed at the progress in the industry. My Experience: Ten ish years of reefing but little success other than FOWLR. But I've completely "scrubbed" my system clean, automated dosing, and I'm going after low...
  10. A

    Need Help Cycling Tank | Dry Rock

    Hello everyone, I want to hear your advice on my cycling process. Setup: 120 Gallons Display Tank Dry Rock | Marco Rocks Dry Sand | Aragonite I started the cycling process on Monday 28th December 2020, for which I'm using Brightwell Quickcycle and Brightwell Microbacter 7 to introduce ammonia...
  11. reefdoink

    AIO Build Innovative Marine Nuvo 20 Pro

    This is my first saltwater tank. My equipment list below is my current setup. Ecotech Marine G5 Pro 15 Innovative marine mesh top Nero 5 pump XP Auto Duet ATO 6 gal Pro Clear ATO container Sicce 1.0 pump Two VCA rfg flow tips Innovative Marine Skimmer Live Stock: 2 x Snowflake Clowns 1 x...
  12. attiland

    High Ca lo Ph

    Hi all, I have started this tank About 4 months ago. this is a 130l nano I use read sea salt and aiming sanitary of 35ppt As per the salt description for this level I should read Ca of 430mg/l and Kh of 8 and in the beginning the Ph was 8 for months. I have just a few fish in there at the...
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