forgot to add i'll be using mature filter material too.
yup deffo. as i mentioned at the start it's not the normal way id do things.
i'd actually pondered this on a whim and using some of the other ATM products thought id do some research of user experiences. From that i thought id give it a shot. Now some may be true but I have to hold my hand up and say during a review of reading on the product today I've discovered a large number of posts on forums by users with 1 or 2 posts. Coming on to said forums JUST to post about it. i.e agressive marketing forum spam by ATM.
this does also remind me of the discussion I had with the LFS owner (a very respected guy in the marine world) whom had used it successfully a number of times. He'd had the rep from ATM give him the full low down (ie hard sell).
It shall be so.
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So with some further reading, i ceed to the advice (which is always why I come ask here) and go back to doing it the normal way.
I'll mature the filter media in tanks here this week. Set up tank add floaters then leave instructions for the owner based on a week.
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Drilling down into what the colony instructions do, you add the "oil" with the bacteria with the fish (which i was never going to do) and a tiny bit of food. Then no feeding for a period of days. With this technique (if the bacterial colony is live) you are rapid cycling the tank with the fish exposed to slowly raising amounts of ammonia. Not completing the cycle before adding the fish, cycling with the fish in the tank. With obvious risks.
The bottle is a month old and unopened so probably does contain the bacteria it states. So i'll chuck it in anyway.
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Thank you for all the contributions always a joy,
John
Snake oil in bottles... this hobby is full of it.
yup deffo. as i mentioned at the start it's not the normal way id do things.
i'd actually pondered this on a whim and using some of the other ATM products thought id do some research of user experiences. From that i thought id give it a shot. Now some may be true but I have to hold my hand up and say during a review of reading on the product today I've discovered a large number of posts on forums by users with 1 or 2 posts. Coming on to said forums JUST to post about it. i.e agressive marketing forum spam by ATM.
this does also remind me of the discussion I had with the LFS owner (a very respected guy in the marine world) whom had used it successfully a number of times. He'd had the rep from ATM give him the full low down (ie hard sell).
Hi all, Don't do it.
I can post you as many floaters as you like for the cost of P&P. Put them in, wait a week, add the fish. Keep changing a reasonable volume of water. If you only have Anubias you don't need to add fertilisers regularly (or any as very small doses), and you are better off with some floaters to diffuse the light.
cheers Darrel
It shall be so.
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So with some further reading, i ceed to the advice (which is always why I come ask here) and go back to doing it the normal way.
I'll mature the filter media in tanks here this week. Set up tank add floaters then leave instructions for the owner based on a week.
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Drilling down into what the colony instructions do, you add the "oil" with the bacteria with the fish (which i was never going to do) and a tiny bit of food. Then no feeding for a period of days. With this technique (if the bacterial colony is live) you are rapid cycling the tank with the fish exposed to slowly raising amounts of ammonia. Not completing the cycle before adding the fish, cycling with the fish in the tank. With obvious risks.
The bottle is a month old and unopened so probably does contain the bacteria it states. So i'll chuck it in anyway.
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Thank you for all the contributions always a joy,
John