has anyone ever used this stuff

[nemogonecrazy]

just wondering if anyone ever used this stuff if so does it actually work...i was going to set up my fuge and was gonna seed it with this and some of the sand from the display tank.

 

[Moe_K]

I used to use the stuff back in the 90's.
The current thinking, from what I've read, is that it doesn't do anything.

 

[Chris A.]

I`ve never used the SW one but did see a difrence in cycle time in my FW tank.

 

[denvig]

Snake oil

 

[dz6t]

I have some of this stuff that you can have, return the thing to the store ASAP.

 

[Greg Hiller]

Like Moe, I used it back in the 90's. My opinion now, get a cup of sand from a buddy's tank and you will be WAY ahead.

 

[dad300]

We use it in our lobster tank at work. I add a teaspoon or so every month. but we have a huge bioload in a smallish tank. we also run into the problem of stray chemicals getting into the tank and killing alot of the beneficial bacteria. so we use it as a preventative measure to keep up the levels.

 

[smcnally]

TBS actually sends you something similar in a plastic bag to mix in withe the rock and sand. I guess the key is to totally disolve it in water and then add it. I wouldn't think it's "snake oil" since it is bacteria. Don't know if it helped at all or not, but my tank cycled in just under 4 days, and barely reached 1ppm of ammonia in the process. It went up to that in one day, then after a small water change dropped to .5ppm, the next day it was at .25 in the am and zero by the time I got home. Been at 0ppm since.