My father bought a seahorse on his way home from South florida. And he, not knowing the difference, bought a wild caught seahorse. What should I do to prepare for it??
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Yes, I already have a seahorse aquariumDo you have an established system with nothing harmful ?
To answer your title question, yes.My father bought a seahorse on his way home from South florida. And he, not knowing the difference, bought a wild caught seahorse. What should I do to prepare for it??
Dr. Reef said:
Few years ago I conducted a massive study here on r2r. It's called bacteria in bottle myth or fact.
We studied 9 or 10 different brands.
Fritz turbostart 900 wins in every way possible.
Bio Spira and Dr Tim one and only are runner ups.
Rest I found might be hetrotrophic ammonia sludge removers.
We use instant cycles in our qt tanks in between bleaching tanks.
Never had any issues. I use fritz turbstart 900.
Bleach the tank. Air dry for 24 hrs rinse and reset. Fill up the tank and use 2 to 3 times the amount recommended and release fish.
Algae is normal phase of every tank cycle that likely can't be avoided.
Okay where can I get this stuff thoughTo answer your title question, yes.
If you add enough of the right bottle bacteria, then you can setup a fully functional quarantine tank immediately (see below). The instructions are in the last paragraph of the quote.
Dr. Reef did a study on bottle-bac for insta-cycling a tank a while back. They found Fritz Turbo Start 900 was the best, and Biospira and Dr. Tim’s were runners up.
I’d imagine you can find the bottle bacteria at a number of different fish stores (you can call around to your LFS and see if they carry any of the three listed as good above), but otherwise you can get them online at places like BRS, AlgaeBarn, SaltwaterAquarium, etc. You can also order it from Amazon.Okay where can I get this stuff though
Okay where can I get this stuff though